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View as Grid


This feature makes the process of locating and updating fields in a data file much easier.

Open any data file and click View as Grid under the Action menu. The View Grid dialog will appear, select the data file delimiter from the drop-down box. If the first row in the data file contain column names, put a check in the check box.

View as Grid Dialog

After clicking OK, the tool window will appear at the bottem of the screen with a Text Grid. This grid will display the contains of the data file divided into fields. Use the grid to more easily navigate though the data file.

If you double-click a field in the grid, the cursor in the text editor will move to the exact position of the field in the data file.

Select a field and Press F2, edit the field data directly in the grid and the data in the text window will be updated. If the text is updated in the editor, right-click the grid and select Refresh to view the changes in the grid.

View as Grid Screen