Or open it with Data/ Import External Data.
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David Biddulph

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message
...
Change the extension to text (txt) instead and the text import wizard will
open, then you can set the
import in a particular column as text and Excel won't try to convert it to
a number.

"Mike P" wrote in message
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I am opening a CSV file in which the first column is a text field. The
text
field contains a 9 digit alpha numeric characters. Excel makes the
assumption that the field is a number, which then alters the content of
the
alpha numeric text data by removing all leading zeros and if the letter
"E"
or "e" exists in the text field, Excel turns it into Scientific
notation.
After I open the file, I select the cell, then set format to text, but it
is
too late. The scientific notation is set and all leading zeros are gone.

Is there a way to not have this happen? I am using Excel 2007

Thanks in advance for your help!