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Default Forcing Excel to Import .CSV data

Does anyone know if it is possible to configure Excel to recognize
that when opening a .CSV file, the Import Wizard should be used?

We use a lot of .CSV files here, and many users have problems when
they double-click the file icon to open it. If there are columns with
numerical data, excel will convert them to numbers and then will often
change them by truncating leading zeros, or converting them to
exponential values if they are many digits.

The standard solution for this is to open Excel and then initiate the
import wizard, but it would be nice if Excel could be set to
automatically recognize, by file type, that the import wizard should
be used.

I am reasonably capable with Excel myself and doubt that this option
exists, but the expert knowledge within this forum gives me hope that
if this can be done, someone here will know how.

Thanks very much,
TK
 
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