importing xls spread sheet into a table

Hello,

I'm a beginner in this newsgroup and the the oracle DB. I am trying to import a xls spread sheet into a table. I know I have to convert the file into text format and then import it. but the import utility cannot read the txt file. :(

can someone please describe the procedure for importing? I need this very fast. any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanx,

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