Workbook file formats that are supported in a browser window
Workbooks in any of the following file formats can be viewed in a browser window:
Excel workbook (.xlsx)
Excel binary workbook file (xlsb)
OpenDocument Spreadsheet file (.ods)
Excel macro-enabled workbook (.xlsm)
A workbook in this format can be opened but macros do not run in a browser window.
Excel 97- Excel 2003 Workbook (.xls) or Excel 97- Excel 2003 Template (.xlt)
If a workbook is in .xls or .xlt format, you can typically view but not edit a workbook in a browser window. When the file is edited, it is saved in .xlsx or .xltx format.
Workbooks in other formats, such as .csv format, are generally not supported for viewing in a browser window.
- what application was used to create this CSV file?
- have you tried converting the CSV to XLSX using Microsoft Excel desktop application – Excel 2007 or newer?
File formats that are supported in Excel
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Workbook file formats that are supported in a browser window
Workbooks in any of the following file formats can be viewed in a browser window:
Excel workbook (.xlsx)
Excel binary workbook file (xlsb)
OpenDocument Spreadsheet file (.ods)
Excel macro-enabled workbook (.xlsm)
A workbook in this format can be opened but macros do not run in a browser window.
Excel 97- Excel 2003 Workbook (.xls) or Excel 97- Excel 2003 Template (.xlt)
If a workbook is in .xls or .xlt format, you can typically view but not edit a workbook in a browser window. When the file is edited, it is saved in .xlsx or .xltx format.
Workbooks in other formats, such as .csv format, are generally not supported for viewing in a browser window.
- what application was used to create this CSV file?
- have you tried converting the CSV to XLSX using Microsoft Excel desktop application – Excel 2007 or newer?
File formats that are supported in Excel
Sorry to raise this from the dead but it is still highly ranked by google and has still not really been resolved.
The easiest solution is to download Open Office for free from https://www.openoffice.org for this purpose.
It does file conversion quite nicely when downgrading to simpler formats such as XLS, CSV and Tab delimited Text.
While Office online is great it still lacks the important feature to save in a more universal file format. Hopefully this reply will soon be outdated.
Is this possible?
Nope. The Excel Online App currently does not support importing/opening CSV files.
You'll have to convert it to XLSX first, which you could do using Libre/OpenOffice, or one of many online file converter services.
You can copy the CSV file contents and paste it on your online sheet and then use the "Text to column" feature. It is pretty easy actually.
