I am trying to open a.csv file in my Mac, using Excel 2008. Currently, every time I try opening the file, my Mac defaults to OpenOffice.org 3. I never had this problem. I always used to be able to open csv files with Excel. Where do I go to change the default spreadsheet program for opening csv. From the list of ‘Recommended Programs’, choose Excel. Any CSV file you click to open with now open in Excel automatically. If you don’t want to open it in Excel, right click on the file and choose ‘Open with’ to select a different program. How to set Excel as the default program on Mac. Right click on the CSV file in your Downloads. Where can i music to my computer.
By default when saving a CSV file in Excel, each column will be separated using a comma as the delimiter – hence the name Comma Separated Values (CSV).
This can be seen when you open the CSV file in a text editor –
There are however other formats for delimited data – for example, some systems may use a pipe character |.
- Translated, it says: 'take all files in this folder that end with '.csv', and put them in 'merged.csv' (effectively merging them). Bonus tip: the 'open here in Terminal' service in Mac OS X 10.7+ It is important that this command is executed in the right directory.
- I encountered, a while back, a need similar to yours to set a MAC address for a NIC for a VM, a MAC address that is outside of that given range. You can use the API to set the NIC's MAC address to any value you want. I wrote about it at vNugglets.com in my Setting MAC Address for VM NICs using PowerShell post. Give that a look - it should do.
- Assuming you can't just change the file extension to.csv before opening, the only way I know to do this is to run the text import wizard, either from Data - Get External Data - From Text,.
The steps below will show how to make it so Excel will use the pipe character as the delimiter – unfortunately it cannot be configured from Excel and needs to be done globally from the Windows Control Panel.
Change Default Download Program
In this example we’re using Windows 10 – but it should be very similar using Windows 7 or 8.
Mac Default Email Program
NOTE: this will make it so Excel no longer correctly displays COMMA separated lists automatically. This is something I would only do temporarily to save a file using a different delimiter.
Just want to “fix” or convert a different format ? – see Excel 2013/2016 – How to split comma separated values into columns
- In the start menu, search for ‘Control Panel’ and click on it when it appears in the search results
- Click on the ‘Clock, Language, and Region’ link – or search for it if not displayed
- Click on the ‘Region’ link
- Click on the ‘Additional settings’ button
- Under ‘List separator’ enter the character you want to use as a delimiter – in this case the pipe character |
- Click OK and OK again to save the changes.