Batch convert TXT files to Excel files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert TXT files to Excel files?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop TXT to Excel converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Batch convert TXT to Excel, Easy and Fast.

Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large TXT file(s) to online services.
Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “TXT” To “Files” “Excel”.

And config the first source TXT file.

List source TXT files.

After converting, you can view output Excel files.

TXT → EXCEL reference

Value kind	in TXT	in EXCEL
Int	`1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column`	`1234 (a real numeric cell)`
Bigint	`9007199254740993`	`9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)`
Decimal	`1234.56`	`1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)`
Float	`1.234e+10`	`1.234E+10 (numeric cell)`
Text	`written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout`	`text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text`
Long text	`written as-is`	`text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row`
Date	`whatever the writer chose`	`a serial number plus a date cell format`
Datetime	`whatever the writer chose`	`a serial number plus a date-time cell format`
Binary	`not representable`	`not representable as data`
Boolean	`Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE`	`TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)`
JSON	`written as-is`	`a text cell; the quotes are part of the value`

Both TXT and EXCEL are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in TXT	in EXCEL
identifiers	`None by convention`	`Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value`
dates	`Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed`	`Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...`
binary	`Not supported`	`Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column`
separator	`Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths`	`Cells, not delimiters`
encoding	`No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM`	`UTF-8 internally, declared in the package`
typing	`None - every field is text`	`Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error`
shape	`Free form; a parser has to be told the layout`	`Multiple sheets, each a flat grid`
ceiling	`No formal limit`	`1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...`

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