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In this video, we cover the new IMPORTCSV and IMPORTTEXT functions in Excel, which simplify importing data into the application. The IMPORTCSV function allows importing CSV files using just the file ...

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...

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If you often work with data that starts life as a text file or CSV, Microsoft Excel now has new built-in tools that simplify how that information gets pulled into a spreadsheet. The update introduces ...