

See the CSV-to-Delimited tool to prepare your CSV files for Excel. Our tools will read and write fields formatted with beginning equal signs. Theres actually a spec for CSV (you can read here ). There is nothing otherwise special about a CSV file format. embedded commas and linefeeds are double-quoted) you can just rename the file to. You must follow the CSV rules and enclose in double quotes. 1 Answer Sorted by: 2 Assuming the text is properly escaped (i.e. Starting the field with a equal sign and then double-quoting the field. Placing double-quotes around the field does not help, neither does adding spaces around the number. When Excel determines a field is a numeric value, it automaticallyįormats the field as numeric. This is a common problem in Excel when reading CSV files and not using the Import Text Wizard. How do I force Excel to import a number to text? You may copy cells from Excel and paste into this tool or Choose File and open the file and the first tab is used for data.Īll tools that output CSV also output Excel. Yes, most of the conversions here are now available at ConvertCSV.io - Looking for beta testers now. Yes - we now have both Command Line Tools and Windows Desktop software for JSON to CSV, JSON to XML, XML to CSV, YAML to CSV, and more.

Yes, your data never leaves your computer and all processing occurs on your computer.ĭo you have command-line tools (CLI) or Desktop Tools? 1,"Johnson, Smith, and Jones Co.",345.33,Pays on time
