<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNote:<\/strong> If your dataset has a header and its fields are separated by commas, then you need to select Delimited<\/strong> as file type and check the My data has headers checkbox<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nIn step 2 of the Text Import Wizard<\/strong>, Set the field widths as necessary and click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nIn step 3 of the Text Import Wizard<\/strong>, if necessary, select each column, set the appropriate data format, and click Finish<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe .dat file is opened in Excel and appears as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nMethod 2: Copy and paste data from a text file and split it into columns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Most .dat files are text files. We can open the .dat files in a text editor such as Notepad, copy the data from the Notepad into an Excel worksheet, and split it into columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We use the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nRight-click the .dat file and select Open with<\/strong> from the shortcut menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nSelect Notepad<\/strong> from the dialog box that pops up and click OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe .dat file is opened in Notepad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nSelect the data in Notepad and press Ctrl + C<\/strong> to copy it to the Windows clipboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nOpen an Excel worksheet and select cell A1. Press Ctrl + V<\/strong> to paste the data we copied from Notepad.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nAll the data is pasted into one column. We must split it into different columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWith the pasted data still selected, click Data >> Data Tools >> Text to Columns<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nIn step 1 of the Convert Text to Columns Wizard<\/strong> choose the file type that best describes your data. In this case, we choose Fixed width<\/strong> because the fields of the data are aligned in columns with spaces between each field. Click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nIn step 2 of the Convert Text to Columns Wizard<\/strong>, adjust the width of the columns as necessary then click Next.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nIn step 3 of the Convert Text to Columns Wizard<\/strong>, select the columns for which we want to set the Data Format<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nSelect the first column, set the data format to text by choosing the Text<\/strong> format, and click Finish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe data is split into different columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Files that have a DAT extension are typically generic data files<\/strong> that store information specific to the applications they refer to. Most of them are normally text files. To open a .dat file in Excel, it should have text or data in a tabular form otherwise it cannot be opened in Excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn this tutorial, we looked at two methods that we can use to open .dat files in Excel: using the Excel Open dialog box and Text Import Wizard and importing the data via a text editor such as Notepad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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