
40 2 Working with Data Importing Data
Text Import Preview Options
When you open a text file that JMP supports, JMP can show a preview of the text before opening the
file as a data table. This option lets you manually arrange and format the data. For example, you can
specify the end-of-line character or strip quotation marks.
JMP detects the file’s structure and shows options for importing text with either delimiters or fixed
width fields. If JMP chooses the wrong file structure, click the
Delimited fields or Fixed width fields
radio button to import the data as the correct format. For example, the fixed width window might
appear when your file ...