How to Download SCIWAY Statistics to Your Computer
These instructions are for Windows 95. The same basic procedure will work with Windows 3.1 and Macintoshes as well. You may want to print these instructions before you begin using them.
  1. Go to the Web page that shows the statistics you want to download.

  2. Press Ctrl/A to select (block, highlight) the text on this page.

  3. Choose Save As (or Save As File) from your browser's File menu.

  4. When the Save As pop-up box appears,

    • specify the directory or folder in which you want to save the statistics

    • enter a new file name - use .txt as the extension (for example, CTYPOP96.TXT)

    • click on the down arrow at the end of the Save as type box, then choose Plain Text

    • click on the Save box

  5. Check to make sure the file is in the directory or folder you intended to save it in.
How to Import the Statistics File You've Saved into Excel
  1. Start Excel

  2. Choose Open from Excel's File menu

  3. When the Open File pop-up box appears,

    • select the directory in which the statistics file you want to open is located

    • click on the down arrow at the end of the List Files of Type box, then choose Text Files

    • double-click on the file you want to open

  4. When the Step 1 Text Import Wizard pop-up box appears, click the Next button at the bottom of the box.

  5. When the Step 2 box appears, click Next again.

  6. When the Step 3 box appears, click the Finish button.

  7. Once you see your imported statistics file, delete any rows or columns you don't want (text at the top, blank rows, unneeded variables, text at the bottom).

  8. Widen your columns as necessary.

  9. Save your modified spreadsheet.


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