It is not a CSV file. That is your first mistake. A CSV file is comma
separated and you have a semicolon separated. (Hint Tab Separated is
better, imo.) The comma separated files will load seven fields instead of
six fields because a field contains a comma. To fix this surround each text
field with quotes. That doesn't fix everything but it will help.
Full Name,Doe, John,First Name, John, Last name, Doe
To figure out the proper syntax for loading your specific file follow these
instructions.
Record Macro
Open the file to be imported. (File | Open)
Change the file type to "Text Files (*.prn; *.txt; *.csv)"
Select the file to be loaded.
Click Open
Enable Delimited
Click Next
Select Semicolon as the delimiter and set up any other options as required
Continue through the dialog
Once the file is imported Stop the Macro
Now look at the code that was generated and modify it as necessary.
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My handle should tell you enough about me. I am not an MVP, expert, guru,
etc. but I do like to help.
"lonfnico" wrote in
message ...
Format:=4 didnt work, and
Format:=6, Delimiter:=";" doesnt work either.
I have no idea how this damn csv is made, and close to no way to find
out, as its made by some external source.
If I open it with notepad, it doesnt even show the "return" chars, its
just some ascii code (as it seems) that is not taken in charge by
notedpad...
But the ; are still there!
I thought this would take 5 minutes, but finally, im going to use the
day on it 
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