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Thumbs up Answer: Import text into colums without using the wizard

Yes, there is a way to import text into columns without using the wizard in Excel 2016. Here are the steps:
  1. Open a new Excel workbook and click on the "Data" tab in the ribbon.
  2. Click on "From Text/CSV" in the "Get & Transform Data" section.
  3. Navigate to the location of your CSV file and select it.
  4. In the "Text Import Wizard" window that appears, select "Delimited" as the file type and click "Next".
  5. In the next window, select the delimiter that separates the columns in your CSV file (usually a comma) and click "Next".
  6. In the next window, you can format the columns as needed (e.g. change the data type to "Date" for the date column). Once you're done, click "Finish".
  7. In the "Import Data" window that appears, select where you want to import the data (e.g. a new worksheet) and click "OK".

Now, every time you double-click on a CSV file, Excel will open it and automatically import the data into separate columns based on the delimiter you selected in step 5. You won't need to go through the wizard every time.
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