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Importing Files
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Excel ™ or Lotus 1-2-3 ™ spreadsheet – A Microsoft® Excel ™ or Lotus 1-2-3 ™ spreadsheet
consists of a heading row followed by the import data. The import wizard allows you to select the
specific worksheet to use if there is more than one in the file. The following is an example of an
Excel ™ spreadsheet:
Note: When importing a Lotus 1-2-3 ™ spreadsheet, first save it as a WK1, WK3 or WK4 file.
Lotus 1-2-3 ™ versions after WK4 are not recognized. If you cannot save to an earlier version,
save your data as a delimited ASCII text file and import it as text.
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Access™ database – A Microsoft® Access ™ database may be presented as forms, reports, or data
access pages, and may contain linked tables. The import wizard automatically connects you to the
database once you select the source, and allows you to select all available tables and fields and
arrange the import order of the data into your labels.
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Other data source – The Other data source option allows you to import data from virtually any
database or data source (see Importing Data From a Database, below).
Importing Data From a Database
To import database data (as opposed to ASCII text or spreadsheet data, and other than Microsoft®
Access ™ data) into your label file, you will have to perform a few additional steps to connect to the
database.
To connect to a database (other than Microsoft® Access ™) file:
1. Follow the first 3 steps of Importing Data into Label Files (Advanced) or Importing Data into
Label Files (Simple) .
2. On the Importing External Data dialog (Advanced) or Data Source Type menu (Simple), select
Other data source as the type of data source.
3. The Data Link Properties dialog appears. Click Help for additional assistance if required. Select
the appropriate OLE DB Provider and click Next . For example:
To import a Microsoft® SQL Server ™ database, select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for
SQL Server
To use an ODBC data source , select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
4. Enter the Connection information. Click Help for additional assistance if required. The required
information varies by provider. For example:
For a Microsoft® SQL Server database:
o Select the server name.
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Enter logon and password information.
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Select the database on the server.
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Click Test Connection to confirm the provider, server, logon information and database.
o Click OK .
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