When you load a CSV file into Excel, it tries to determine the format of the data being loaded. In both of these cases, the leading zeros will be included in the CSV file created by Excel. If they are not, then you need to format the cells using a Custom number format that displays the zeros. If there are, and they are displayed, then you need to make sure that the column in which the data is contained is formatted as Text in the Number tab of the Format Cells dialog box. You need to check whether there are leading zeros in the original Excel information. If it is not-for instance, there are no leading zeros where you need them-then you need to be concerned with how Excel is creating the CSV file in the first place. There you can examine the actual CSV file, as created by Excel, to make sure that everything is in the format you expect. All you need to do is rename the CSV file so it has a TXT extension, then you can load it into a text editor, such as Notepad. You can check the first issue easily enough. First, is Excel putting the leading zeros in the CSV file it initially creates? Second, is it maintaining the zeros in the CSV file when you reload it and then resave it? These are two separate issues.
He creates CSV files destined for import into an accounting program, but has problems with the CSV files if he needs to first reload the CSV into Excel to correct any mistakes in the file.Īctually, there are two things that need to be checked here. John wrote concerning a problem with handling leading zeros in CSV files.
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