There are dozens of file formats for word processing documents, database files, graphics, spreadsheets and so on. If a file was created in one application and you want to use it in another, you can ...

Microsoft Excel is getting two new functions for importing data from other files, without the need to use Power Query or ...

A CSV (comma-separated values) file is a text file in which information is separated by commas. CSV files are most commonly encountered in spreadsheets and databases. You can use a CSV file to move ...

When transferring text files between Linux/Unix and Windows systems, you may encounter issues with line breaks and file formatting. This is because Windows uses both a line feed (LF) and a carriage ...

Carriage returns go back a long way – as far back as typewriters on which a mechanism or a lever swung the carriage that held a sheet of paper to the right so that suddenly letters were being typed on ...

For many years people have used the free TextEdit app on their Macs to quickly create plain text files. Apple for some reason has never brought this useful program to its mobile devices, so it can be ...