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Posted on Nov 22, 2007

CSV file to Import correctly into Excel 2003

Hi there people

I have a csv file with some stats in , seperated by a semi-colon (;) . When I open the file , it opens directly to Excel but all in one column. Is there any way to get Excel to give me the option to open it as delimited ?

Urgently need assistance please.

Thank you

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Rudils,

The key is to import the data and not open the file directly.

1. Open a Blank Workbook in Excel.
2. Data, Get External Data, Import Data. (Excel 2007 is Data, Get External Data, Data from Text)
3. Browse to your .csv file and Select "Import".
4. Import Wizard should appear.
5. Page 1 Select "Delimited"
6. Select the row which you want to start the import.
7. click "Next"
8. In the Delimiters, select "semicolon" and/or other delimiters you are using.
Note: The bottom half of the window will preview the way the data is to be imported.
9. click "Next"
10. highlight each column of your data in the window below. For each column you can specify "General", "Text", "Data", or "do not import column" using the radio buttons in the top left of the Wizard box. This is an optional step.
11. Click Finish.

I hope that helps. Please add a comment if it not clear.

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