I have got CSV file where some values look like date but they aren't.
The value is stuff number e.g. "1.05" and I don't want convert it into "1.V"
How to disable automatic conversion when CSV is open by double click?

I use excel 2003 or 2007
Thanks

If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv then start Excel and
use File | Open, then Excel will automatically start the Text Import
Wizard. In the 3rd panel of this you can specify which fields you want
to import as text, so that Excel will not change them - good for
preserving leading zeros as well as avoiding conversions to dates.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jun 19, 1:21*pm, Mila <M...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have got CSV file where some values look like date but they aren't.
> The value is stuff number e.g. "1.05" and I don't want convert it into "1..V"
> How to disable automatic conversion when CSV is open by double click?
>
> I use excel 2003 or 2007
> Thanks

It is usable but ...

Does not exist other way how to disable undesirable helper?
We use the CSV because it is associated to Excel on Windows.
TXT is associated with Notepad And double click is faster than the Wizard.

Thanks
MÃ*la

Pete_UK pÃ*Å¡e:

> If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv

Agreed that double click is faster. In your case you have a choice between
fast and correct.
--
David Biddulph

"Mila" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It is usable but ...
>
> Does not exist other way how to disable undesirable helper?
> We use the CSV because it is associated to Excel on Windows.
> TXT is associated with Notepad And double click is faster than the Wizard.
>
> Thanks
> Míla
>
> Pete_UK píse:
>
>> If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv
>

Then R-click the txt file and select open with, Excel or associate TXT
with Excel.

Mila wrote:
> It is usable but ...
>
> Does not exist other way how to disable undesirable helper?
> We use the CSV because it is associated to Excel on Windows.
> TXT is associated with Notepad And double click is faster than the Wizard.
>
> Thanks
> MÃ*la
>
> Pete_UK pÃ*Å¡e:
>
>
>>If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv
>
>

I think if you associate TXT with Excel (I've not tried it, but I have
with other pure text files) then when you double-click it all the data
will appear in one column, so you then have to use Data | Text-to-
columns to parse it (so it's no quicker).

Pete

On Jun 19, 3:01*pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Then R-click the txt file and select open with, Excel or associate TXT
> with Excel.
>
>
>
> Mila wrote:
> > It is usable but ...
>
> > Does not exist other way how to disable undesirable helper?
> > We use the CSV because it is associated to Excel on Windows.
> > TXT is associated with Notepad And double click is faster than the Wizard.
>
> > Thanks
> > Míla
>
> > Pete_UK píše:
>
> >>If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yep, Excel 2003 does that, maybe I'm confusing it with Excel 97 actions?
OP can ignore me.

Pete_UK wrote:

> I think if you associate TXT with Excel (I've not tried it, but I have
> with other pure text files) then when you double-click it all the data
> will appear in one column, so you then have to use Data | Text-to-
> columns to parse it (so it's no quicker).
>
> Pete
>
> On Jun 19, 3:01 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Then R-click the txt file and select open with, Excel or associate TXT
>>with Excel.
>>
>>
>>
>>Mila wrote:
>>
>>>It is usable but ...
>>
>>>Does not exist other way how to disable undesirable helper?
>>>We use the CSV because it is associated to Excel on Windows.
>>>TXT is associated with Notepad And double click is faster than the Wizard.
>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Míla
>>
>>>Pete_UK píše:
>>
>>>>If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>- Show quoted text -
>
>

Pete,
How to quickly select all column and define as a Text in the Text Import
Wizard.
I need see all column without any modification in Excell.

Thanks
Mila

>If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv then start Excel and
>use File | Open, then Excel will automatically start the Text Import
>Wizard. In the 3rd panel of this you can specify which fields you want
>to import as text, so that Excel will not change them - good for
>preserving leading zeros as well as avoiding conversions to dates.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Pete

>On Jun 19, 1:21 pm, Mila <M...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> I have got CSV file where some values look like date but they aren't.
>> The value is stuff number e.g. "1.05" and I don't want convert it into "1..V"
>> How to disable automatic conversion when CSV is open by double click?
>>
>> I use excel 2003 or 2007
>> Thanks

In the 3rd panel of the Wizard you can select each column in turn (it
highlights) and then select the column type from the list on the right
- it defaults to General (which is fine for numbers and "normal"
text), but you can also choose Text and Date formats (or you can
choose to skip the column). I don't think you can choose more than one
column at a time.

If you want to speed things up you can record a macro while you import
the data once so that it will have all those settings, and then re-use
the macro for subsequent imports. If you plan it carefully, you can
have the macro in a master file (which never gets changed) and this
opens the file and parses it how you would like it to be.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jun 19, 4:24*pm, Mila <M...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Pete,
> How to quickly select all column and define as a Text in the Text Import
> Wizard.
> I need see all column without any modification in Excell.
>
> Thanks
> Mila
>
>
>
> >If you rename the file to .txt instead of .csv then start Excel and
> >use File | Open, then Excel will automatically start the Text Import
> >Wizard. In the 3rd panel of this you can specify which fields you want
> >to import as text, so that Excel will not change them - good for
> >preserving leading zeros as well as avoiding conversions to dates.
>
> >Hope this helps.
>
> >Pete
> >On Jun 19, 1:21 pm, Mila <M...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> I have got CSV file where some values look like date but they aren't.
> >> The value is stuff number e.g. "1.05" and I don't want convert it into"1..V"
> >> How to disable automatic conversion when CSV is open by double click?
>
> >> I use excel 2003 or 2007
> >> Thanks- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -