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# How To: Excel - Maintaining Leading Zeroes

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## Open CSV file containing leading zeros in Excel

How to open CSV file in Excel without deleting leading zeros?

01

#### Open new Excel workbook

Navigate to\
**File -> New**

![Open new Excel workbook](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/01-excel-new-file.png)

#### Import Text File

Navigate to\
**Data -> Get External Data -> Import Text File…**

![Import Text File](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/02-data-get-external-data-text-file.png)

#### Open the CSV file

Select the CSV file and click **Get Data**\
In case you’re opening a Gridoc export file, the file name will be in the format **gridoc-export-date-time.csv**

![Open the CSV file](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/03-get-data.png)

#### Text Import Wizard – Step 1

* Check that the “Delimited” option is selected
* Start import at row 1 (default value)
* File origin – keep default value

Click **Next**![Text Import Wizard  - Step 1](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/04-text-import-wizard-1.png)

#### Text Import Wizard – Step 2

* Choose “Comma” as the delimiter
* Unselect any delimiters except “Comma”

Click **Next**![Text Import Wizard  - Step 2](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/04-text-import-wizard-2.png)

#### Text Import Wizard – Step 3

* Hold SHIFT key and select all the columns
* Choose “Text” as the column data format

Click **Finish**![Text Import Wizard  - Step 3](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/04-text-import-wizard-3.png)

#### Import Data

* By default the data will be imported starting in A1 column

Click **OK**![Import Data](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/05-import-data.png)

#### Result

Values in the Order Number column retain leading zeroes.

![Result](https://gridoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/06-result-highlight.png)


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