You can open .csv files using the Table command.
To open a comma delimited file:
- On the HOME tab, in the File group, from the Open list, click Table to open the Open dialog box.
- In the Open dialog box, from the Files of type box, select Comma delimited CSV (.csv).
- Navigate to the folder that contains the file you want to open and click it to select it.
- If you wish to edit your table in MapInfo Pro, then select the Create copy in MapInfo format for read/write check box. This makes a copy of the original file in MapInfo Pro's TAB format and opens the copy to make edits to it.
If you do not select this check box, then MapInfo Pro opens the original CSV file and you cannot make edits to it.
Note: When modifying the original file, changes are not made to the copy that MapInfo Pro opens. To see changes, you must repeat these steps to open the original file again. If you make changes to the copy, you will not see them in the original file. - Click Open.
- In the Comma Delimited CSV Information dialog box, select the File Character Set for this file from the drop-down list and then select the Use First Line for Column Titles check box if applicable.
Note: The Delimiter option buttons in this dialog box are disabled intentionally because commas are the only expected delimiters in this file format.
- Click OK to open the file.
The file opens in a Browser window. MapInfo Pro creates a .TAB file in the same location and using the same name as the original .csv file.
If you did not select the Create copy in MapInfo format for read/write check box, then this .TAB file references the .csv file and its data. If you did select this check box, then the TAB file contains the data from the .csv file and your edits save to the TAB file.