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How to correctly display .csv files within Excel 2013?

It seems Excel 2013 doesn't read CSV files correctly (Excel 2010 does). Every time I open .csv files, all my data are displayed in the first column.

I know I can go to DATA, Convert, and then choose commas, but this set up is not saved, and I am fed up doing this every time I open this kind of file.

How can I set Excel 2013, once and for all, to display CSV files (comma separated) prettily?

Solution

  • Open the CSV file with a decent text editor like Notepad++ and add the following text in the first line:

    sep=,

    Now open it with excel again.

    This will set the separator as a comma, or you can change it to whatever you need.