If the DAT file you're trying to open is text, you can convert the file into text in the Microsoft Excel program by first saving it as a CSV file. Right-click the DAT file on your PC and click "Open." ...

ACCELERATE A SLOW-OPENING MASSIVE EXCEL FILE My work requires the use of several very large Excel files, and they take forever to open. In fact, they even take a long time to save and close. I’ve ...

Opening Local Files. The Analyst Application supports many different file formats, including SAS data sets, Excel spreadsheets, Lotus spreadsheets, SPSS portable files, and delimited files. You can ...