A workaround is to rename the file with a TXT extension. This will force the
input wizard to open and you will be able to define the delimiter.

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"EJO" wrote in message
...
By company standard, I'm using an US edition of Windows XP pro. (sp2 all
patches installed.) and Office 2003 SP1, again us edition. I work in
holland
so I would prefer using the dutch regional settings in my control panel.

What frustates me:
When I'm using US Regional settings in control panel, changing list
seperator actually works and influences the way Excel opens CVS files.
When i'm Dutch regional settings, changing the list seperator char does
not
influence the way Excel opnens CVS files, in effect we can't work with csv
files at all.

Please correct this as soon as you can, or provide some feedback to users
like me that can not explain this.

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