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In step 1 of the Convert Text to Columns Wizard choose the file type that best describes your data.With the pasted data still selected, click Data > Data Tools > Text to Columns:.Press Ctrl + V to paste the data we copied from Notepad.Īll the data is pasted into one column. Open an Excel worksheet and select cell A1.Select the data in Notepad and press Ctrl + C to copy it to the Windows clipboard.Select Notepad from the dialog box that pops up and click OK.dat file and select Open with from the shortcut menu. dat files in a text editor such as Notepad, copy the data from the Notepad into an Excel worksheet, and split it into columns. dat file is opened in Excel and appears as below: Method 2: Copy and paste data from a text file and split it into columns In step 3 of the Text Import Wizard, if necessary, select each column, set the appropriate data format, and click Finish.In step 2 of the Text Import Wizard, Set the field widths as necessary and click Next.Note: If your dataset has a header and its fields are separated by commas, then you need to select Delimited as file type and check the My data has headers checkbox. The file has no headers therefore, we click Next, leaving the My data has headers checkbox unchecked. In this case, we choose Fixed width because the fields in the data are aligned in columns with spaces between each field. Choose appropriate settings that best describe the data. In step 1 of the Text Import Wizard dialog box look at the preview of the file at the bottom.dat file that you want to open and click Open. In the Open dialog box select All Files in the drop-down list next to the File name drop-down list.Method 1: Use the Excel Text Import Wizard