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User guide:

How to import csv files to Excel for Mac


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This document explains how to import .csv files if they are not compatible on your version of Excel for Mac.

Summary
When files are exported from ResRequest, the
standard csv (comma separate value) export
format is used. Some versions of Excel for Mac do
not recognise csv file formats when they are
opened using the File > Open function. When
a csv file is opened using this method Excel for
Mac shows data columns separated with comma
and quotes as separators (instead of separated as
columns) - as shown to the right.

If you are an Excel for Mac user and you


experience these symptoms when opening
ResRequest export files, please notify our call
centre ([email protected]) by sending the
following information to them: the report you
generated from ResRequest and the Excel version
you are running on your Mac.

In the meantime, you are able to import these files


into Excel by following the steps detailed in this
document.

Importing a csv file into


Excel for Mac

Step 1

Open a blank worksheet in Excel for Mac.

From the main menu select: Data>Get


External Data>Import Text
File...

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Step 2

Locate the file and select Get Data

Step 3

From the Text Import Wizard (Step


1 of 3) select to open the file as
Delimited and click Next.

Step 4

On (Step 2 of 3) set the


Delimiters as: Semicolon and Comma
with Text qualifier: as “ and click
Next.

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Step 5

On (Step 3 of 3) keep the default


settings as per the screen sample left and
select Finish.

Step 6

Select where to insert the imported file i.e.


into an Existing Sheet or a New
Sheet and click OK.

Result: the screen left shows the imported


results.

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Step 7b (optional)
If the imported data includes quotations,
you can remove these as follows:
From the main menu select:
Edit>Replace

Step 7b
Insert “ in the Find what: field and
click Replace All this will remove all
“ from the document.

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