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." ...

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

The most common types you're likely to interact with to view images or play videos tend to open with a simple double-click, but what about less "mainstream" formats? DAT files, as the shortened ...