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About CSV Files

A .csv file is a Comma-Separated Values file used by spreadsheet applications to export data. They contain data on a spreadsheet as plain text, with commas separating the values into columns and new lines separating them into rows.

No spreadsheet program uses .csv files as its primary file format. Instead, these files transfer data from one proprietary format to another. They can be converted into dedicated spreadsheet file formats, like Microsoft Excel (.xlsx), Apple Numbers (.numbers), or OpenOffice Calc (.ods). Converting a .csv file to one of these other spreadsheet formats will allow you to add more features like charts and pivot tables. You can also convert a .csv file to a plain text (.txt) file without losing any data since the values are already stored as plain text.