Dear all, I am using for years now the Macro developped by cpearson (http:// www.cpearson.com/excel/ImpText.aspx);
--------------------------------------------------- Public Sub DoTheExport() Dim FName As Variant Dim Sep As String FName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename() If FName = False Then MsgBox "You didn't select a file" Exit Sub End If Sep = InputBox("Enter a single delimiter character (e.g., comma or semi-colon)", _ "Export To Text File") ExportToTextFile CStr(FName), Sep, vbNo End Sub Public Sub ExportToTextFile(FName As String, _ Sep As String, SelectionOnly As Boolean) Dim WholeLine As String Dim FNum As Integer Dim RowNdx As Long Dim ColNdx As Integer Dim StartRow As Long Dim EndRow As Long Dim StartCol As Integer Dim EndCol As Integer Dim CellValue As String Application.ScreenUpdating = False On Error GoTo EndMacro: FNum = FreeFile Range("A1").Select Range(Selection, ActiveCell.SpecialCells(xlLastCell)).Select If SelectionOnly = True Then With Selection StartRow = .Cells(1).Row StartCol = .Cells(1).Column EndRow = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Row EndCol = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Column End With Else With ActiveSheet.UsedRange StartRow = .Cells(1).Row StartCol = .Cells(1).Column EndRow = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Row EndCol = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Column End With End If Open FName For Output Access Write As #FNum For RowNdx = StartRow To EndRow WholeLine = "" For ColNdx = StartCol To EndCol If Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = "" Then CellValue = "" Else CellValue = Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Text End If WholeLine = WholeLine & CellValue & Sep Next ColNdx WholeLine = Left(WholeLine, Len(WholeLine) - Len(Sep)) Print #FNum, WholeLine Next RowNdx EndMacro: On Error GoTo 0 Application.ScreenUpdating = True Close #FNum Range("A1").Select End Sub --------------------------------------------------- as I am not an IT person I have a problem that I can not resolve, I would like to have the exported text file encoded in UTF-8 char set? do you think it is feasible? thank you for your help Nicolas -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> HELP US GROW !! We reach over 7000 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the learning and support from the group.Let friends and co-workers know they can subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe