Formatting

[NYCONCandace]

I am trying to text format columns and save as a CSV.  Every time I exit the saved file seemingly formatted as text, when I reopen, it is saved as "General" formatting and that makes my file error in my upload?  Suggestions?

[#2]

When you reopen, are you reopening the CSV file? Unless I'm mistaken, CSV files don't retain Excel specific formatting instructions. (If I understood the sequence you're describing). The whole point of CSV is that they're basic "comma separated values" -- full stop. Nothing fancy.

Why are you saving as CSV? Is that somehow essential?

[#3]

@mathetes CSV is the import requirement. The odd thing is, sometimes I can get the import to work and sometimes not. other than the formatting issue, I have been unable to identify why it works sometimes and other times not?