First, create a blank spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel and ensure you have the .txt file on your PC. Then, switch from the Home tab to the Data tab. You can find an option called From Text/CSV here.

In this tutorial, we’ll discuss delimiting data, and then I’ll show you how to open a .txt and .csv file in Microsoft Excel. SEE: 98 Excel tips every user should master (TechRepublic) ...

However, the Excel format is proprietary and some software applications aren't able to read files produced by Excel. Fortunately, you can convert Excel files to plain text files, which can then be ...