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I am using Excel for Mac 2016 on macOS Sierra software. Although I have been successfully copying and pasting CSV files into excel for some time now, recently, they have begun to behave in an odd way. When I paste the data, the content of each row seems to split over many columns. Where as before one cell would have been able to contain many words, it seems now as though each cell is only able to contain one word, so it splits the content of what would normally be in one cell, over many cells, making some rows of data spread out over up to 100 columns!
I have tried Data tab>> From text>> which takes me through a Text Wizard. There I choose Delimited>> Choose Delimiters: Untick the 'Space' box ('Tab' box is still ticked)>> Column data as 'General'>> Finish. Following this process appears to import the data into its correct columns. It works. BUT, a lot of work to get there!
Question: Is there any way to change the default settings of Delimiters, so that the 'Space' delimiter does not automatically divide the data?
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When Excel is started, the default delimiter in the Text to Columns dialog is the tab . You can change the delimiter to another setting.
Delimiting Data In Excel, click on “Text to Columns” in the “Data” tab of the Excel ribbon. A dialogue box will pop up that says “Convert Text to Columns Wizard”. Select the “Delimited” option. Now choose the delimiting character to split the values in the column.
Changing the delimiter in Excel Options Open Advanced Options by following File > Options > Advanced. Uncheck it to override the system settings. Set Decimal separator to comma (,) and Thousands separator to period (.). Clicking OK ensures that Excel uses semicolon (;) as the delimiter.
I found an answer! It has to do with the "Text to Columns" function:
The way fix this behavior is:
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