Select the .dat file you want to open in Excel. Finally, in the Text Import Wizard that opens up, select Fixed width, and then set the Field width and Data format when asked.

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 ...

Normally, when users open these files Excel properly handles the data – they’re simply HTML tables. Excel displays a warning message that the file format and extension don’t match (HTML ...

The CSV file extension appears on text documents that contain comma-separated values. Like spreadsheet data, each line in a CSV file separates into individual values that correspond with the cells ...

If you're having trouble opening a DAT file, I'll show you a simple and free way to do it. This method works on both Mac and PC. Just open your browser and go to winmaildat.com. It's a ...

Right-click on the DAT file you want to open and select Open with from the drop-down menu, then choose the text editor. If the DAT file is a video, you can open it with its associated video app.