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How to keep leading zeros when opening a csv file
Is there a way to prevent Excel automatically removing leading zeros when opening a file originally in csv format?
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Change the extension from .csv to .txt.
Opening the .txt file will start the Text Import Wizard.
In Step 3 of this wizard, you can specify the data type of each column. Select Text for the columns in which you want to preserve leading zeros.
