Also known as a Comma Separated Value file, a comma delimited file is a standard file type that a number of different data-manipulation programs can read and understand, including Microsoft Excel.

You don’t need to manually re-enter Excel spreadsheet data in another workbook. Learn how to copy a worksheet to another workbook here.

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.