Use this procedure to edit a CSV file in Excel. This procedure ensures that no numeric conversions occur, which minimizes the possibility of error when importing the data again later.
To edit a CSV file in Excel:
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Open a blank workbook.
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On the Excel menu, do one of the following:
- In Excel 2003, click
.
- In Excel 2007, click
.
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Open the text file that you want to import.
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On the Text Import Wizard – Step 1 of 3 page, select
Delimited.
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If the data contains a header row and you do not want to see the header row in Excel, change the
Start import at row field to
2, and click
Next.
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On the Text Import Wizard – Step 1 of 2 page, click
Comma, and click
Next.
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On the Text Import Wizard – Step 1 of 3 page, select all columns shown in the Data preview, and click
Text.
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Click
Next.
Excel prompts you for the location of the new data, which defaults to
Sheet 1, cell A1.