This has been a quirk or a thorn in the user friendliness of MapInfo since
version 3.0.  Instead of specifying in the MapInfo's Excel Information
dialog

[  ] Use Row Above Selected Range for Column Titles

the dialog box should have asked

[  ] First Row Contains Column Headings

like MS Access did for years!  This minor change saves the user all the
extra steps on manually specifying the starting point of range as "A2."

Srini
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Ponniah Srinivasan
CertainTech, Inc.
Sterling, Virginia, USA
Web: http://www.certaintech.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillips, Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'MapInfo-L'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: January 14, 2004 10:30 AM
Subject: RE: MI-L Importing from Excel


> Clayton, when you are opening the Excel file, you should be able to
specify
> a range of data, and then check a box telling it that the first line is
your
> header line.  When I import XLS files, I tell it the range starts at "A2"
> instead of "A1", and then I check the box.  This is assuming my first line
> in the XLS is my header line.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayton Hudnall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI-L Importing from Excel
>
>
> I am new to MI and have a large number of GPS points in Excel I would like
> to import.  I have been able to import the coordinates but not the
> associated labels.
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
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