Contact managers, such as Microsoft Outlook, support a variety of file formats. One format that works across many of them is the Comma Separated File, which stores tabular, plain-text data. Microsoft ...

Launch OpenOffice, click "File" and choose "Open" from the menu to display the Open window. Select the CSV file and click "Open" to display the Text Import window.

CSV files are special text files that are quite common when dealing with spreadsheets. Here's how to open and make them.