Excel Fix: Split Comma, Semicolon, Tab, or Space-Separated Data Into Columns
Is your pasted data stuck in a single Excel column, one long string with commas, semicolons, tabs, or even spaces? In this quick tutorial, you will learn why Excel sometimes fails to recognize common delimiters and treats everything as plain text. We will walk through what this issue means, why it happens, and how to get Excel to properly separate your data into clean, organized columns, no matter which delimiter your file uses.