Excel Archives - New Computer Inquiry https://newcomputerinquiry.com/tag/excel/ Tutorials, Guides and Product Reviews Sat, 09 Feb 2019 01:37:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 81201986 How To Open CSV Files in Microsoft Excel in Columns (Solution) https://newcomputerinquiry.com/how-to-open-csv-files-in-microsoft-excel-in-columns-solution/ https://newcomputerinquiry.com/how-to-open-csv-files-in-microsoft-excel-in-columns-solution/#respond Sat, 09 Feb 2019 01:37:45 +0000 https://newcomputerinquiry.com/?p=1193 Problem: You exported an CSV file, then opened it up in Microsoft Excel, only to find out that all of the data/content is squeezed together. What you were looking to see is all of the data organized in separate columns (tabs). Solution: To successfully put your data into separate columns, follow the steps below: Open [...]

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You exported an CSV file, then opened it up in Microsoft Excel, only to find out that all of the data/content is squeezed together. What you were looking to see is all of the data organized in separate columns (tabs).

Solution:

To successfully put your data into separate columns, follow the steps below:

  1. Open Microsoft Excel (Blank Page).
  2. At the top navigation, click on the “Data” tab.
  3. Click on the icon or option called “From Text”.
  4. Select “Delimited” then click next.
  5. If your Data is separated by commas, select “Comma”.
  6. Click Finish.
  7. If an Import Data prompt window shows up, click on “Ok”.
  8. You are all set!

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]]> https://newcomputerinquiry.com/how-to-open-csv-files-in-microsoft-excel-in-columns-solution/feed/ 0 1193 How To Fix Column Merging Issue In CSV Files https://newcomputerinquiry.com/how-to-fix-column-merging-issue-in-csv-files/ https://newcomputerinquiry.com/how-to-fix-column-merging-issue-in-csv-files/#respond Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:23:40 +0000 https://newcomputerinquiry.com/?p=1087 Using Microsoft Excel has been the standard for many years and is known for it’s ability to export files into CSV format. When exporting from XLSX to a CSV, errors can occur causing data from each column to merge. Below is a solution to fixing your CSV file so that data can be correctly positioned [...]

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]]> Using Microsoft Excel has been the standard for many years and is known for it’s ability to export files into CSV format. When exporting from XLSX to a CSV, errors can occur causing data from each column to merge. Below is a solution to fixing your CSV file so that data can be correctly positioned in it’s original tab/column order.

Fixing Column Merging In Your CSV File

1) Create your multi tab/column document in Microsoft Excel
2) Save your excel document as a CSV (Tab Delimited)
3) Open your newly created or existing CSV file in freeware software called Notepad++
4) In Notepad++ go to the menu item called ‘Encoding’ and select ‘Convert to ANSI’
5) Open the Find and Replace option by clicking Ctrl + H on keyboard or going to menu option ‘Search’ and selecting ‘Replace’ 6) In the ‘Find What’ field put a semi colon (;). In the ‘Replace With’ field put in a comma (,). Then click on ‘Replace’ button
7) Save your updated CSV

Conclusion

The problem with exporting from Excel to a CSV file sometimes causes either an encoding issue, semi colon’s being used instead of commas, or both. By making these adjustments, your CSV file should now properly display columns in separate tabs rather all the data being merged into one.
If you have any questions, feel free to comment below.

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