title: Open very large Excel file
body: <p>I have been sent data in Excel format, which I want to import into Stata.</p>
  
  <p>The file is very large and I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"<em>The file you are attempting to open is too large.<br>
    The maximum size allowed for *.xlsx files in 40 mb</em>"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Obviously this wouldn't be my preferred format, but can I get around the problem by only inputing specified columns?</p>