Importing Data From Other Applications and Previous Versions of Logger Pro

You can import data created in other applications, however choosing Open from the File menu will not successfully open those files. You will get a message asking if you wish to import them as text files. Logger Pro 3.6 can directly open files created by Logger Pro 3.4.5 and newer.

Import From Files from Previous Versions of Logger Pro

Logger Pro 3.6 can directly open files created by Logger Pro 3.4.5 and newer, as well as Graphical Analysis 3.2 and 3.4. Open the files by choosing Open from the File menu. Note: Logger Pro 3 cannot open files created in Logger Pro 2 or Logger Pro.

Import From other Applications Using the Clipboard:

  1. Display the data in the other application in tabular form. Select the data you want to copy. You can only copy the columns and rows that you select. Single-click the column heading to highlight a column. If you want to copy the whole data table, choose Select All from the Edit menu.
  2. Select Copy from the Edit menu to copy the data to the clipboard.
  3. Launch Logger Pro.
  4. Select the columns, rows, or cells you want to past into and choose Paste from the Edit menu.

Import from Microsoft®Excel®

  1. Run Excel and load or create your spreadsheet. Go to File Save As and choose the option Text(tab delimited) (*.txt) or CSV (Comma Delimited) (*.csv).
  2. In Logger Pro, import the data by choosing Import From > Text File from the File menu and select the file with the .txt or .csv extensions.

Import From a Word Processor

  1. Type in rows of data separating each data point by a tab. Save this as text (.txt).
  2. In Logger Pro, import the data by choosing Import From > Text File from the File menu and select the file with the .txt extension.

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