# Export to columns

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-columns/6133
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 26, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-columns/6133 "2008-01-26T19:38:33Z")
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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-columns/6133/11 "2023-02-24T21:42:58Z")

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> [@Scorpius](#):
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> this is what I get when I export as a cvs file. It compressed into one cell.

I posted some screenshots from the Excel options for CSV in this thread:

> [@Adding Length (time) to CSV](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-length-time-to-csv/55643/17):
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> Additonal note for the import of a CSV into MS Excel: Don't just double click on your CSV file to open it in Excel. Open Excel first and then inside Excel click on Open -\> Search then change the extension from the default \*.xls to All files \*.\* or Text files \*.csv to find your \*.csv file. Then click on the Open-Button. This way, you get a 3 step wizard to import your data into Excel. In Step #1 of #3 you should choose Delimited (even if Excel tells you it has detected "Fixed …

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