Dave and et all, Thanks to all who had suggestions on how to add leading zeros to DX4WIN log exports to Excel. Excel HELP and all logic dictates using the custom format of 0000 should do it. But I think there is a problem as DX4WIN places a colon (:) between the hours and minutes of the QSO time block so instead of 0019 it is 00:19 and Excel doesn't know how to handle it. But Loren AD6ZJ came up with the solution as follows:
1) select column C (my column showing QSO time) 2) right click and select: Format Cells" 3) under Category select "custom" 4) You should see "h:mm;@" in the text box 5) Add an "h" in the front of the string so it looks like "hh:mm;@" 6) Click "OK" Done. This worked FB and converted all my times to a four digit time with leading zeros where they were needed. 73 -----Original Message----- From: ALAN ZACK [mailto:k7...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 5:25 PM To: 'Dave Sharred'; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Log import problems Thanks Dave, Yes, that SHOULD work. That is what the HELP file tells me to do also. But what happens it just changes all the times to 0000. I think the way the time is downloaded from DX4WIN to excel may be the problem. It is downloaded with a colon : such as 02:50. In the fx box it is shown as 2:50:00 AM. DX4WIN logs the contacts time using a colon such as 22:56 and I don't see any way to change that. You can re-format how the date is arranged but not the time. I have attached my CQWWDXCW log in Excel workbook mode if you like a puzzle. It is really no big deal, don't waste any time trying to figure it out, but if you are curious of what I mean here it is. Tnxs for the help and HNY Alan, K7ACZ -----Original Message----- From: Dave Sharred [mailto:g3...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 1:04 AM To: k7...@cox.net; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Log import problems Your question is an easy one to answer Alan: In Excel, Highlight the column you are interested in. Do a RH Mouseclick on the column, select "Format Cells" Select "Custom" ; you will see General showing as selected in the first item on the list Just over type this with "0000" ; and the job is done ! 73 es HNY Dave G3NKC -----Original Message----- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ALAN ZACK Sent: 01 January 2011 03:16 To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Cc: ad...@arrl.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Log import problems At times I download a DX4WIN generated log report, such as a contest, to an Excel spreadsheet. This works FB for me except how do you get leading zeros to appear in the time column. Example, I worked someone at 0005 GMT but only a 5 shows up, 0045 GMT becomes 45 and 0655 becomes 655. If there are four digits in the time such as 1745 GMT then the 1745 shows up FB. I am using Office 2007 ver. of MS Excel. If I remember right I could easily add leading zeros OK when I used Office ver. 2003 but can't figure it out for ver. 2007. TIA, 73 & HNY Alan, K7ACZ ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
