Paste special...

Question

I am an Excel user for many years. As I mentioned that I just started using Numbers today. One question is about Paste special in Excel "Paste ...". From there I can paste a text in csv format back to worksheet from a wizard, which helps me to walk through what delimiter such as , or tab being used in clipboard text.
Today I tried to copy a block of csv text from my web banking (when I tried to save my statements as csv, it displays statements in a block of csv page so I can select all and copy them) and paste them to Numbers. There are only two options available: "Paste" and "Paste and Match Style". I cannot find any way to get my text to a table in Numbers in right columns.
The alternative way I had to do is to save the text to a text file with csv extension and open it in Numbers. I am not sure if there is way in Numbers so that I can directly paste csv text to cells?

Answer 1

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--[SCRIPT csv2tsv]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script ou Progiciel : csv2tsv.xxx
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:
copiez vos données depuis la page source
menu Scripts > csv2tsv
le presse-papiers contiendra des valeurs séparées par TAB
que vous pourrez coller où vous voulez.
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L'aide du Finder explique:
L'Utilitaire AppleScript permet d'activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l'Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
(* à vérifier avec Snow Leopard *)
Cochez la case "Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus".
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Save the script as Script or Application Bundle: csv2tsv.xxx
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:
copy datas from the source page
menu Scripts > csv2tsv
The clipboard will contain TAB separated values
which you may paste where you want.
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The Finder's Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the "Show Script Menu in menu bar" checkbox.
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Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2009/09/09
on run
set enTexte to the clipboard as text
set enTexte to my remplace(enTexte, ",", tab)
set the clipboard to enTexte
end run
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replaces every occurences of d1 by d2 in the text t
on remplace(t, d1, d2)
local l
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d1
set l to text items of t
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d2
set t to l as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
return t
end remplace
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--[/SCRIPT]
If you want, I may enhance it so it would paste directly where the cursor is located in a table.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 9 septembre 2009 11:21:46