How do I open Excel files with EmEditor?

Excel files are binary files, and you can’t open Excel files directly with EmEditor. However, there are three ways to copy over your data.

CSV Import+Export

This Excel add-in is developed by us.

  1. In Excel 2021 or higher, add the CSV Import+Export add-in. You can find the add-ins menu in Home > Add-ins.
  2. Go to the Insert tab. In CSV, click on Export CSV.
  3. Change Export type to File. Click Export to CSV.
  4. Open the .csv file in EmEditor.

Export CSV file

  1. Open an Excel file in Excel, go to File | Save As and Browse.
  2. Save the file as “CSV UTF-8 (Comma delimited) (*.csv)”. The .csv file can be opened in EmEditor.

Excel File
Excel Save As

Copy and paste

  1. Open an Excel file in Excel, press CTRL + A, and CTRL + C to copy all data to the clipboard.
  2. Launch EmEditor and switch to CSV mode from the CSV menu.
  3. Paste the CSV data into the editor.