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Microsoft Excel has an import wizard, but if you structure the text correctly, you can bypass the wizard altogether. We don’t open foreign files with Microsoft Excel—or do we? When importing a .txt or ...

In this video, we cover the new IMPORTCSV and IMPORTTEXT functions in Excel, which simplify importing data into the application. The IMPORTCSV function allows importing CSV files using just the file ...

For the business person on the go, there are times when you are away from your computer and still need to access your contacts from Microsoft's Outlook. It's possible to export all of your contacts ...

In the second part of this series, Brien shows how to import a .CSV file into a PowerShell array, including two methods for zooming in on just the specific data you need and filtering out the rest. In ...

Have you ever experienced opening a CSV file exported from a core system or e-commerce management screen in Excel, only to ...

Businesses often have to move data around the way construction companies move dirt. A tool like SSIS, designed to transfer and transform large amounts of data, helps take care of the heavy lifting.

Preserve leading zeros in Calc by setting ID columns to Text during CSV import, checking the preview, and verifying the saved ...