cra1gg / exceltonotepad

Splits excel file into a space delimited file that is human-readable in any text editor

Excel to Notepad

This program splits an excel file into a space delimited file that is human-readable even in default notepad applications

This was originally written for my mother to assist her with her work but I figured it might be useful to someone else. You'll notice some of the purpose-built features of this application (such as the ext/txt option). Despite this, I tried to make the app as easy to use as possible for the public.

Usage:

Clone the repo and put the excel files which you want to convert into the repo folder as the script and run the script using python main.py The files will be converted and placed in the output folder in the current working directory and will retain the same name (with the extension changed to .txt)

Config:

There is an optional config mode in which the program will read from the config file instead of requiring the user to input each attribute. The config.ini is formatted as follows

[Main]
ColumnLengths = a b c ...
SplitColumn = s
RetainHeader = yes|no
RetainFooter = yes|no
ExtOrTxt = ext/txt
CustomHeader = no|string
CustomFooter = no|string

ColumnLengths is the length of each column you would like to conver

• a, b and c are space delimited column lengths of columns A, B, C, and D in excel respectively.
• You can include an infinite number of columns.

SplitColumn is the column on which to split the data into separate files

• s represents the column number on which to split (starting at 1)
• Leave s as -1 to not split the file.

RetainHeader is for whether or not to retain the header of the excel file

• Specify yes to retain header and no to discard it

RetainFooter is for whether or not to retain the footer of the excel file

• Specify yes to retain footer and no to discard it

ExtOrTxt is for whether you'd like the output saved as a .ext or .txt file.

• Specify ext or txt for .ext and .txt respectively

CustomHeader is used if you'd like each output file have a custom header. NOTE: If you use this in conjunction with RetainHeader, the header that is already present in the source file will show up above the CustomHeader

• Specify either no or any string you want to use as a header, example: This is a header

CustomFooter is used if you'd like each output file have a custom footer. NOTE: If you use this in conjunction with RetainFooter, the footer that is already present in the source file will show up above the CustomFooter

• Specify either no or any string you want to use as a header, example: This is a footer