Excel: Transferring Files Between Excel and OverVue

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q31182

SUMMARY

ProVue (the maker of OverVue) recommends importing Microsoft Excel documents as text files. To save an Excel file as a text file, do the following:

  1. Open the worksheet in Excel you want to save as a text file.

  2. From the File menu, choose Save As.

  3. In the Save As Dialog box, select the Text option.

  4. Click the Save button.

This document can then be opened in OverVue by following the instructions in the OverVue manual for importing a document in "Tab Between Cells Format."

To transfer an OverVue document into Excel, do the following:

  1. Start OverVue.

  2. From the Print menu, choose Blank Report Template.

  3. From the Print menu, choose Edit Report Template.

  4. From the Special menu, choose Microsoft File.

  5. From the Template menu, choose Quit.

  6. From the Find menu, choose Select Commands to choose the records you want to transfer.

  7. From the Print menu, choose Print Report On Disk, give the report a name, and then click the Save Button.

  8. Quit out of OverVue.

  9. Open a new worksheet in Excel and choose Open from the File menu.

  10. Select the report you created in OverVue.

  11. Click the Open button.

KBCategory: kbother
KBSubcategory:

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.03 1.04 1.06 1.50 2.20

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.