While it is technically possible to open an Excel file in Notepad, this is not a good idea. Excel files are binary files that contain complex formatting and data structures. When you open an Excel ...

Sometimes you need to scan some files for a piece of data like a string, phrase or some number, and one of those files just happens to be an Excel spreadsheet. You could open up the file, launch the ...

I ’ve always used Excel for quick calculations and simple tables. But aside from common formulas and basic data manipulation ...

Learn how to use Excel Power Query's extract and split column features to extract delimited strings into their components.

Go to the File Types tab, scroll down to Microsoft Excel Worksheet (.xls not .csv) and click Advanced. Uncheck 'Browse in same window' (or 'Open Web documents' in place) and OK.