A guide to creating a text file (.txt) from a .dbf shapefile.

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Geographic Information System (GIS) Handbook

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A guide to creating a text file (.txt) from a .dbf shapefile.

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This guide outlines the process of processing dbf data obtained from shape files so that the data can be opened in Excel. It describes 20 detailed steps with illustrative images.

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This manual was prepared by the Water Resources Geoinformatics Research Section, Research, Development and Hydrology Division.
The Department of Water Resources provides this as a teaching aid on how to create a txt file from a dbf file.
This document describes how to use shp files with ArcGIS and Microsoft Excel, for students to learn and master.
This can be applied or used as an alternative approach when a file cannot be opened.
I got a dbf file.

DownloadGuide to creating a txt file from a dbf file (of an shp file).