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IM WX13-01E
5.8 Converting the Data Format
You can convert data files to ASCII, Lotus, or Excel data format.
The names of the converted files are as follows:
• Converted to ASCII: original le name.txt
• Converted to Excel: original le name.xls
The le can be opened on Excel version 8.0 (Excel97) or later.
•
Converted to Lotus: original le name.wj2
The le can be opened on Lotus1-2-3 version 2.0 or later.
Procedure
1.
Choose To ASCII, To Lotus, or To Excel from the Convert menu.
The conversion dialog box appears.
2.
Enter the range of data to be converted (data number for starting the conversion*
and data number for ending the conversion*). The logging time is displayed to the
right of the text box.
* The data number is numbered from 0 from the first data point in the file.
3.
Enter the step number (Step).
To convert all the data in the specified range, set the step number (Step) to 1.
3.
To specify the data to be converted using groups, click the Group option button to
enter the group number in the text box.
To specify the data to be converted using channel numbers, click the Tag option
button to press the channel number button.
A
dialog box used to select the channel number appears. Click the desired
channel number.
4.
To change the destination folder or the name of the file containing the converted
data, click the File button.
The Change the file name dialog box appears.