Excel Copy/Paste Special to Software
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- Using Microsoft Excel Paste Special feature for building data to paste into Windows based Scanner Software
- Note: Open Office and other spread sheets may also have this type of operation.
- This first section is for setting up ARC250D software - other ARC programs may work similar.
- 1. Highlight and copy freqs from database page, then click ARC Auto Data Import (ADI)Icon.
- 2. Click Import from Clipboard which will populate left window.
- 3. Click All which sends freqs to right window.
- Note: One can edit out all but Controls at this point.
- 4. Click Export to Table to send frequency list to open software bank frequency list.
- 5. Type in the data on line 1 of selected bank then click in Tag and drag across and down through last freq line then right click and select Fill Down.
- Bank trunking frequency settings are complete and the following steps are for talkgroup ID's and tags.
- 6. Select and highlight a section of Talkgroups from same data page, right click and select Copy.
- 7. Right click in cell A1 and select Paste Special. In new popup dialog, select Text.
- 8. Delete unneeded columns in the spreadsheet
- 9. Select All (highlight all), right click and select copy.
- 10. In open Trunk ID list, right click in the scan list location you wish to store this group and select paste.
- This completes this bank for trunking. The bank tags ans scanlist tags will need to be set within the software sections for that purpose.