How to make Excel save a file as text, with support for Unicode, and support for multiple lines within a cell (alt-enter)?

Question

My application needs to pass data back and forth via text files with Excel. My text files will have Unicode text, and will also need to have some way of indicating mulitple lin

Answer 1

To get around this problem do not open the .txt file from Excel. Instead right click on the file in file explorer and choose open with Excel.

If you save the .txt file with .xls extension you can double click on the file in file explorer to open in Excel.

To Open From Excel

• Click File/Open...
• Select the .txt file to open.
• Hold down the Shift key when clicking on the Open button.