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- 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.
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Convert TXT to Excel
Choose TXT file -> Set Excel file -> Convert TXT to Excel
“Start a New Convert” for “TXT to Excel”.
Select From “File” “TXT” To “File” “Excel”.
1. Open source TXT file.
Support large TXT file ( > 4GB ).
Don’t worry about the delimiter, DataFileConverter will automatically determine the delimiter, includes comma, tab, colon, semicolon, pipe, hash (octothorpe), slash, asterisk, white space, and you can also enter a delimiter.
Source TXT file’s content is like this:
2. Config target Excel file.
3. Set rows options.
4. Convert TXT to Excel.
After converting, you can view the output Excel file.
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TXT → EXCEL reference
Type mapping
| 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 |
Dialect differences
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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