How to import a csv file into Excel on Microsoft Office Live

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I'm working with Moodle to export a csv file. The file is encoded as UTF-8 but Excel doesn't recognise it and so displays odd characters.

I've modified the code to insert a BOM as per https://stackoverflow.com/a/16231345/1603711

But I am unable to test it because I haven't got Excel installed.

I was hoping to use Excel online at https://office.live.com/start/excel.aspx but I can't find a way to import a csv file.

Is this possible?

Best Answer

Is this possible?

Nope. The Excel Online App currently does not support importing/opening CSV files.

You'll have to convert it to XLSX first, which you could do using Libre/OpenOffice, or one of many online file converter services.