What Excel breaks
Opening a CSV in Excel often “helps” in ways that destroy data:
- Leading zeros — ZIP
01234becomes1234. - Long IDs — become scientific notation (
1.23E+15). - Dates — ambiguous strings get coerced to Excel date serials.
FinchFile detects these risks, shows a before/after preview, and exports a typed .xlsx so values stay intact.
- Upload your export.
- Read the comparison table (Your file vs Excel vs Fixed).
- Download the fixed workbook when you’re satisfied.