How to correctly display .csv files within Excel 2013?

Question

It seems Excel 2013 doesn\'t read CSV files correctly (Excel 2010 does). Every time I open .csv files, all my data are displayed in the first column.

I know I can go

Answer 1

Taken from https://superuser.com/questions/238944/how-to-force-excel-to-open-csv-files-with-data-arranged-in-columns

The behavior of Excel when opening CSV files heavily depends on your local settings and the selected list separator under Region and language » Formats » Advanced. By default Excel will assume every CSV was saved with that separator. Which is true as long as the CSV doesn't come from another country!

If your customers are in other countries, they may see other results then you think.

For example, here you see that a German Excel will use semicolon instead of comma like in the U.S.