And when you want to see if the saving to the .csv file worked correctly, don't
re-open the file in excel.

Open the .csv file in a text editor (like NotePad).

If you re-open the .csv file in excel, you may find that some of the fields are
converted to what excel guesses they are.

skylux wrote:

hi.

i have downloaded data in the .xls format. i would like to convert this data
in to .cvs format. is there a function in excel-xp or a utility which can do
this transformation of data?

regards,

sm

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Dave Peterson