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For more information
about DOS file
names, see Naming a
DOS File in Getting
Staaed (Book 1).
When you export in
CSV or dBase IV
format, Spreadsheet
creates fieldnames
(Field1, FTeld2,
Field& etc.), which
correspond to the
spreadsheet
columns. Mapping
allowsyou to change
the order of those
fields.
5. Select the folder
where
you want
to save the exported
f'tle; then enter a
name for the exported
tile. The correct
extension
already
appears
in this
box, so you do not need
to enter
it. Be sure to enter
a standard
DOS file
name
no more
than eight characters
long.
6. Click on Export.
Spreadsheet
creaes
and saves the e_oorted
f!le to diskette.
l_ To change the order of columns
when exporting:
1. Create
and save the spreadsheet.
2. Select
Other
from
the File menu.
3. Select
Export
Document
from
the Other
submenu.
A dia/og
box appears.
4. Select
the Comma
Separated
Value or dBase
IV format.
5.
Select
the folder
where
you want
to save the exported
tile; then enter a
name
for the exported
file. The correct
extension
already
appears
in this
box, so you do not need
to enter
it. Be sure to enter
a standard
DOS file
name
no more
than eight characters
long.
6. Click on Map Export
Fields. A diak)g
box a_
with Column
A, Column
B, and so on listed in the Source
List box; the columns
that appear
here
corr_xrnd
to the occupied
columns
in the _eet.
The Destination
List consists
of field names
(Field
1, Field 2, Field 3, etc.) equal to the
number
of occupied
columns
in the spreadsheet.
Hap Export Fields
Source List:
Destination List:
Map List:
Column B .....
Column C
_-
Field I
Fiek.l-2
Field 3
i
7.
Click on Field
1 in the Destination
List.
8.
Click on the column
in the Source
List that you want
to be Field 1 in the
exported
document.
The selected
name
will be the field
name
associated
with Field 1.
9.
Click on Map. Tbefie/dpair
_
in the Map List. (to break
the link
between
a mapped
pair of fields,
select
the pair in the Map list and then
click on Unmap.)
Continue
designating
pairs
until you have specified
all
the fields you want
to map.
If you leave any source
field unpaired,
that
field will not be exported.
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