How to Import Text and Access File into Excel

This blog discussed on How to Import Text and Access File into Excel application when dealing huge data and this describes how to import or export text files. Text files can be comma separated (.csv) or tab separated (.txt)

To import text files, execute the following steps.

1. On the File tab, click Open. (Excel 2010) in Excel 2007 click on Top Left office logo
2. Select Text Files from the drop-down list.

3a. To import a .csv file, select the .csv file and click Open. That’s all.

3b. To import a .txt file, select the .txt file and click Open. Excel launches the Text Import Wizard.

4. Choose Delimited and click Next.
5. Clear all the checkboxes under Delimiters except for the Tab checkbox and click Next.
6. Click Finish.

Result:

Export

To export text files, execute the following steps.

1. Open an Excel file.
2. On the File tab, click Save As.
3. Select Text (Tab delimited) or CSV (Comma delimited) from the drop-down list.
4. Click Save.
   Result. A .csv file (comma separated) or a .txt file (tab separated).

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