The newer versions detect the data automatically. In previous Excel versions, you can use the Text Import Wizard with text strings. To avoid formatting change on CSV, you first need to set data format manually. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional.
View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». I have set the default program for file type CSV as notepad2 instead of excel for my convenience. Regarding your formatting issue, as long as the text value in the CSV file is enclosed in quotes or double quotes it.
Unfortunately, when opening a CSV text file directly into a spreadsheet program like Excel , the data - if numerical - is converted by the program to be shown in a mathematical format. So numbers with leading zeroes are converted to whole numbers and numbers that are long integers such as phone numbers and UPC code numbers are converted by the …. Excel Details: Then, before doing a 'Save As' to your CSV format , try formatting the column with a custom format , and in the box for the pattern just type.
This will force Excel to see it as a number , however many digits long, without trying to do something else with it …. Excel Details: Excel losing number format when converting to csv I am involved in a project currently which requires multiple xls files to be saved in csv format for ftp-ing to a server in the US.
One of the spreadsheet columns contains a long integer which is held in a General number format , but appears in the resulting csv files in scientific notation e. Excel Details: The system requires. I have been successful at preventing Excel from coverting that long number into scientific format. I have saved as a TXT file , pasted the longer number and it displays correctly. That is all good. But I …. Excel Details: Excel - When importing a CSV file numbers with a comma thousand separator appear as text We need these numbers in a number format , not text.
The comma for the thousand separator is causing the problem. Solution 1 You could select the columns that contain the thousand separators and do a replace to remove them. This is fine if it's a one-off.
Excel Details: Use data import wizard in Excel to open existing csv files. Solution 1 often didn't work for me because I already had data in csv files , the web, and elsewhere. You may not recognize your records if you try to simply open a. So this issue becomes a bit of a pain when you try to work with external data. Set the Text qualifier as either double or single quotes.
Set the Column delimiter as a comma. Having both in the same CSV file will result in error or misread values which will lead to incorrect email validation results. Also note that the double-quote escape characters in use by MailboxValidator is a backslash followed by a single double-quote. If your file does not conform to the above requirements, you will need to follow the steps in this article to sanitize and standardize your CSV file prior to uploading to the MailboxValidator bulk upload service.
The font color might be converted to a different color if you reopen the converted SYLK sheet in Excel. Borders are converted to single-line borders. Cell shading is converted to a dotted gray shading. Graphics, embedded charts, objects, form controls, hyperlinks, data validation settings, conditional formatting, and other worksheet features are lost.
Note: You can use this format to save workbook files for use in Microsoft Multiplan. Excel does not include file format converters for converting workbook files directly into the Multiplan format. These Web Page file formats. In Excel and later, worksheet features such as formulas, charts, PivotTables, and Visual Basic for Application VBA projects are no longer supported in these file formats, and they will be lost when you open a file in this file format again in Excel. New features introduced with Excel and later versions, such as improved conditional formatting, are not supported in this file format.
The new row and column limits introduced with Excel are supported. For more information, see: Excel specifications and limits. My file's format changes when I open the file on another computer. You can always ask an expert in the Excel Tech Community or get support in the Answers community.
Save an Excel workbook for compatibility with earlier versions of Excel.
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