When exporting a CSV file, long credential numbers may display in scientific notation. You can edit the CSV file in Notepad
or similar text editor and avoid this problem, or you can import the CSV file into Microsoft® Excel®.
Prerequisites:
NOTE: The following procedure uses menus, window text, and options from Microsoft® Office Excel 2003. Other versions of Excel may
have different text and interface labels.
- Open a blank worksheet in Excel.
- Click in the
A1 cell to designate a cell location for import.
- From the Data menu, select Import
- Browse to the location of the CSV file, select it, and click the Open button.
The import wizard, step 1 opens.
- Click the Next button.
The import wizard, step 2 opens.
- In the
Delimiters area, click to clear the Tab check box, select the Comma check box, and click the Next button.The import wizard, step 3 opens.
- Under the
Data preview area, click to select the Credential Number column (or the column that contains the data that is being converted incorrectly).
- Under the
Column data format area, select the Text option and click the Finish button.The Import Data window opens (some versions) asking where to put the data.
- With the $A$1 field selected, click OK to complete the import.