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Opening CSV files for Special Characters
Opening CSV files for Special Characters
Updated over a year ago

Summary

When opening CSV files with special characters, it often does not display properly in Excel, even when the CSV file is saved with UTF-8 encoding.

Example:

Expected display:

IPアドレス:ポート

Actual display:

IPアドレス:ポート

Environment

  • Microsoft Excel

Solution

This comes down to the Editor and its support of UTF-8. Using another Editor ( i.e. Google Sheets) and re-saving the file with the right encoding before uploading the file into Excel could fix the issue.

If you prefer to use only MS Excel, it's recommended to import the CSV file into Excel instead of opening it directly as it is.

  1. Download the CSV file from the Arcules web app

  2. Open Microsoft Excel

  3. Go to File > Import > select CSV File > Import

  • Select the CSV file that you want to open > Get Data

  • This will prompt the Text Import Wizard to open. Select Delimited and set File Origin to Unicode (UTF-8) > Next

  • Set Delimiters to Comma > Finish

  • Import data to a new sheet

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