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diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/scalc/01/text2columns.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/scalc/01/text2columns.xhp new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dec39b985 --- /dev/null +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/scalc/01/text2columns.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> + +<!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * + * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: + * + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed + * with this work for additional information regarding copyright + * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache + * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file + * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of + * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . + --> + + +<meta> + <topic id="textscalc01text2columnsxml" indexer="include"> + <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Text to Columns</title> + <filename>/text/scalc/01/text2columns.xhp</filename> + </topic> +</meta> +<body> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id8004394"><bookmark_value>text to columns</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:TextToColumns" id="bm_id1029200802260951" localize="false"/> + +<section id="t2cheader"> +<h1 id="hd_id2300180"><link href="text/scalc/01/text2columns.xhp">Text to Columns</link></h1> +<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id655232" role="paragraph"><variable id="text2columns">Opens the Text to Columns dialog, where you enter settings to expand the contents of selected cells to multiple cells.</variable></paragraph> +</section> + <section id="howtoget"> + <embed href="text/scalc/00/00000412.xhp#text2columns"/> + </section> + <h2 id="hd_id9599597">To expand cell contents to multiple cells</h2> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2021546" role="paragraph">You can expand cells that contain comma separated values (CSV) into multiple cells in the same row. </paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2623981" role="paragraph">For example, cell A1 contains the comma separated values <item type="literal">1,2,3,4</item>, and cell A2 contains the text <item type="literal">A,B,C,D</item>. </paragraph> + <list type="ordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7242042" role="paragraph">Select the cell or cells that you want to expand.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6999420" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>Data - Text to Columns</emph>.</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id6334116" role="paragraph">You see the Text to Columns dialog.</paragraph> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9276406" role="paragraph">Select the separator options. The preview shows how the current cell contents will be transformed into multiple cells.</paragraph> + </listitem> + </list> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8523819" role="paragraph">You can select a fixed width and then click the ruler on the preview to set cell breakup positions.</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1517380" role="paragraph">You can select or enter separator characters to define the positions of breaking points. The separator characters are removed from the resulting cell contents.</paragraph> + <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7110812" role="paragraph">In the example, you select the comma as a delimiter character. Cells A1 and A2 will be expanded to four columns each. A1 contains 1, B1 contains 2, and so on.</paragraph> + <section id="relatedtopics"> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/csv_files.xhp#csv_files"/> + <embed href="text/scalc/guide/csv_formula.xhp#csv_formula"/> + </section> + </body> +</helpdocument> |