Question

I’m trying to export an Excel database into .txt (Tab Delimited), but some of my cells are quite large. When I export into a txt some of the cells are exported as ‘#######….’ which is surprisingly useless. Has this happened to anyone else? Do you know an easy fix?

Data from one cell of my column:

Accounting, African Studies, Agricultural/Bioresource Engineering,
Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Science, Anatomy/Cell Biology,
Animal Biology, Animal Science, Anthropology, Applied Zoology, Architecture,
Art History, Atmospheric/Oceanic Science, Biochemistry,
Biology, Botanical Sciences, Canadian Studies, Chemical Engineering,
Chemistry/Bio-Organic/Environmental/Materials,ChurchMusicPerformance,
Civil Engineering/Applied Mechanics, Classics, Composition,
Computer Engineering,ComputerScience, ContemporaryGerman Studies,
Dietetics, Early Music Performance, Earth/Planetary Sciences, East
Asian Studies, Economics, Electrical Engineering, English Literature/
Drama/Theatre/Cultural Studies, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Environmental
Biology, Finance, Food Science, Foundations of Computing,
French Language/Linguistics/Literature/Translation, Geography, Geography/
Urban Systems, German, German Language/Literature/Culture,
Hispanic Languages/Literature/Culture,History,Humanistic Studies, Industrial
Relations, Information Systems, International Business, International
Development Studies, Italian Studies/Medieval/Renaissance, Jazz
Performance, Jewish Studies, Keyboard Studies, Kindergarten/Elementary
Education, Kindergarten/Elementary Education/Jewish Studies,Kinesiology,
Labor/Management Relations, Latin American/Caribbean
Studies, Linguistics, Literature/Translation, Management Science, Marketing,
Materials Engineering,Mathematics,Mathematics/Statistics,Mechanical
Engineering, Microbiology, Microbiology/Immunology,
Middle Eastern Studies, Mining Engineering, Music, Music Education,
MusicHistory,Music Technology,Music Theory,North American Studies,
Nutrition,OperationsManagement,OrganizationalBehavior/Human
Resources Management, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Physical Education,
Physics, Physiology, Plant Sciences, Political Science, Psychology,
Quebec Studies, Religious Studies/Scriptures/Interpretations/World
Religions,ResourceConservation,Russian, Science for Teachers,Secondary
Education, Secondary Education/Music, Secondary Education/Science,
SocialWork, Sociology, Software Engineering, Soil Science, Strategic
Management, Teaching of French/English as a Second Language,
Theology, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Resources, Women’s Studies.

Answer 1

try this:

1. Go to Google.com/docs
2. Upload your spreadsheet
3. Open the doc and use the file menu to “download as” text format