

How to open CSV file from Windows Explorer See Importing CSV to Excel for full details.

txt), Excel will start the Import Text Wizard. csv) will be opened in a new workbook straight away.įor a text file (. Browse for the CSV document, and then double-click it to open.Ī comma separated values file (.In the Open dialog box, select Text Files (*.prn *.txt *.csv) from the drop-down list in the lower right corner.In your Excel, head over to the File tab and click Open, or press the Ctrl + O shortcut.The files are limited to 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns.Ī comma separated values file created in another program can still be opened in Excel by using the standard Open command.

