File Setup To build a CSV file to open in Microsoft Excel, you'll need to decide how many columns you'll use in Microsoft Excel for the categories of information you're preparing in Notepad.

Microsoft Excel has an import wizard, but if you structure the text correctly, you can bypass the wizard altogether.

Importing data into Excel from other sources can result in long, messy strings of text you need to parse. We'll show you how.

How do I import a PDF into Excel without software? To import a PDF file into an Excel worksheet without using external software, you can use Excel’s native functions.

Go to File > Save as. Save the file as XLS or XLSX. First, open the Microsoft Word app and click on the File > Open option to import the source DOC or DOCX file that you want to convert to Excel.