How to Open CSV Files

By Microsoft Excel

Launch Microsoft Excel on the computer.

Click the 'File' menu and select 'Open' in the upper left corner. The file browser window on your computer will open.

You can also press Ctrl+ O(Windows) or ⌘ Cmd+ O(Mac) to perform the same task.

Select the CSV file and click 'Open'. The file will open and display in a new Excel spreadsheet.

Click the 'Data' tab to access the 'Text to Columns' wizard (optional). If Excel displays the entire text of the CSV file in one column, this option will help the program analyze the data better. The Data tab is in the top menu bar and displays a set of data-specific options.

If you only want to split into certain columns, click and drag the mouse cursor to highlight the columns to split.

Click 'Text to Columns'. This is one of the options located in the data tab, clicking on it will open the 'Text to Columns' wizard.

Select 'Delimited' then click 'Next'. The delimiter sets the boundary between data points in the text file (in this case, a comma).

Select the 'Comma' check box and click 'Finish'. All text that was previously separated by commas will be separated by columns.

By OpenOffice Calc

Download and open OpenOffice Calc . Select your operating system from the drop-down menu then click 'Download'. Launch the installer and select the The OpenOffice office product you want to include in the installation process. The only product you need to open CSV files is OpenOffice Calc.

OpenOffice is free software.

Click the 'File' menu and select 'Open'. This menu is in the upper left corner and will open a file browsing window on your computer.

Select the CSV file and click 'Open'. The file opens in the OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet program.

Click the 'Data' menu and select 'Text to Columns' (optional). If OpenOffice Ccalc does not divide the data properly, you can set the delimiter yourself. The Data menu is in the top menu bar.

If you only want to split into certain columns, click and drag the mouse cursor to highlight the columns to split.

Select the 'Separate By' radio button. This option is located under the 'Separator Options' heading.

Check the 'Comma' box then click 'OK'. All text that was previously separated by commas will be separated by columns.

Using Google Sheets

Visit Google Sheets using a web browser and sign in to your Google account. Enter username and password then click 'Sign in'.

Google Sheets is free, but you need a Google account to use it. If you don't have a Google account, click 'Create Account' and follow the on-screen instructions to create a Google username and password.

Google Sheets can also be used through its main product, Google Drive.

Click 'Open File Picker'. This button has a folder icon and is located in the upper right corner of the page. The 'Open a File' window will open.

Click the 'Upload' tab. You will go to the CSV file upload interface.

Drag the CSV file into the upload window. A progress bar will appear when the upload process begins.

Or you can click the 'Select file to upload' button in the middle of the upload window and browse for the CSV file on your computer.

Wait for the CSV file to upload. When completed, the file will automatically be opened by Google Sheets.

This process may take a few seconds to a few minutes depending on the file size.

Google Sheets will automatically separate all comma-separated data in the CSV file.

Samuel Daniel

Update 10 November 2023

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