Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of tblinc
tblinc

asked on

auto import csv in excel

Hello

I receive multiple CSV file every week I and want to know if there is a way to automatically format them to fit an excel spreadsheet using multiple column instead of having all the data in  only one column when I open the CSV ?

Thanks
Avatar of Patrick Matthews
Patrick Matthews
Flag of United States of America image

Before trying to open one in Excel, open it in Notepad.  Does it look like this:

"Michael Smith",1,2,3,"x"

or like this:

"Michael Smith,1,2,3,x"

If the latter, Excel is interpreting it as one value that has commas in it, and the answer is to fix the formatting at the source.
Avatar of tblinc
tblinc

ASKER

it looks like this:

150551, ,CC32PC-24V PWR TO CC,D,EACH,,,,,0,0,0,0,0,04-JUN-2012,Weekly,
In your Windows regional settings, what do you have listed as the List Separator?
Avatar of tblinc

ASKER

semicolumn ;
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of Patrick Matthews
Patrick Matthews
Flag of United States of America image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of tblinc

ASKER

thanks