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Data conversion between delimited text files like CSV and TSV and native spreadsheet formats like XLSX requires strict handling of data types, string delimiters, and leading zeroes. Plain CSV files lack metadata to distinguish between numeric values and text codes, leading spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel to automatically strip leading zeroes from IDs, account numbers, and phone numbers upon import.

Use the CSV to Excel guide to convert files without data loss, preserve zero-padded identifiers, and ensure proper UTF-8 BOM encoding for special characters and diacritics.

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