Importing a TXT File into Excel

The following is an example of how to import a THERAPY.TXT file into Excel following the export of a Medication search as an Export Data (Tab Separated) file:

  1. Open Microsoft Excel, and select File - Open.
  2. Browse to the location the files are extracted too, for example, C:\extract (practices with their own server) or P:\extract\YourName (hosted practices).
  3. Change the file type on the bottom right, to All Files and the list refreshes and now displays .TXT and .DBF files:

  4. Select the file, in this example, THERAPY.TXT, select Open and the Text Import Wizard displays:

  5. Check that Original data type is set to Delimited and then select Next to proceed.
  6. The Step 2 screen displays, accept the default values and select Next:


  7. The Step 3 screen displays, this allows you to select any columns containing a date and set the data format to Date. To do this, find and highlight the Event Date column and then set the Column data format to Date:

  8. Select Finish to proceed and the spreadsheet displays:

See Exporting Data to Excel and Creating a Pivot Table in Excel for further details.
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