Jan 24, 2017 - Unfortunately there is not an option for UTF-8 encoding a CSV in Excel for Mac. We recommend using one of the below tools for encoding a.
Encoding your Excel files into a UTF format (UTF-8 or UTF-16) can help to ensure anything you upload into SurveyGizmo can be read and displayed properly. This is particularly important when working with foreign or special characters in,. All of those features have the ability to receive CSV file uploads. There are a few different ways to get the proper UTF encoding so we go over how to do this in older versions of Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Google Drive and even how to use the Terminal application to do it!
How to Encode your Excel Files Below are links to videos and step by step instructions on how to go about encoding your Excel files to UTF-8 and UTF-16. Excel 2011 and beyond do not have options to encode UTF files. Excel Versions 1999 to 2010 Check out our quick step-by-step video: 1.
Go to your Excel document. Click File (or the Colorful circle icon, depending on the version of Excel you have). Select Save As and choose the format of the Excel file you'd like to use. Name your file, and update your file path as needed.
Click Tools, then select Web options. Go to the Encoding tab.
In the dropdown for Save this document as: choose Unicode (UTF-8). Excel for Mac Unfortunately there is not an option for UTF-8 encoding a CSV in Excel for Mac. We recommend using one of the below tools for encoding a CSV file if you are using a Mac.
Open Office.org If you do not have access to Excel, you can download the free open-source office software suite called OpenOffice. To learn more, please visit: Quick Step by Step Video: 1. Open up OpenOffice, and open your Excel document.
Click File in the upper left-hand corner of your toolbar. Choose Save As. Name your file, and update your file path as needed. Save your Type as CSV, and then check the box for Edit Filter Settings.
It will take a moment but an Export of text files window will show up with more options. Next to Character Set, choose Unicode (UTF-8).
Click OK, and you're done! LibreOffice Another free open-source office alternative to Microsoft Office is. You can download it at.
Open LibreOffice and click Open File along the left. Select your file and Open. Click File Save As. The following window will appear, change the File Type to Text CSV and select the Edit filter settings option, then click Save.
An error window will pop up, but don't worry about it. Just click Use Text CSV Format. 4. In the next window that appears, make sure that the Character set is Unicode (UTF-8).
This should be the default. One final error will pop up, saying that only the active sheet was saved. Just click OK and you're good to go! Google Drive One widely available web-based solution for encoding XLS files as UTF-8 CSV is aka Google Docs.
You can upload an existing file and easily export it following these steps. From the main Google Drive screen, click New File Upload. Choose your XLS file and click Open.
2. Once the file is uploaded, double-click it in the menu to open a preview of the file. Then click Open along the top bar. 3. The spreadsheet will load, now you can click File Download as Comma-separated values (.csv, current sheet).
The download will start immediately. Using Terminal As a last-ditch effort you can easily convert files to UTF-8 encoding using Terminal. You may need to in order to use the iconv command. To get started to save your csv to your desktop with a concise file name.
Apple OSX Steps 1. Hit command+spacebar to get to Spotlight and search for 'Terminal' and click Terminal to open. At the prompt enter: cd desktop 3. Paste in the following: iconv -c -t utf8 filename.csv filename.utf8.csv 4. Change your filenames to match the one on your desktop and press Enter. Your file is UTF-8 encoded.
Do not open file after you convert! Windows Steps 1. Go to the Start menu and search 'cmd' and click cmd to open. At the prompt enter: cd desktop 3.
Paste in the following: iconv -c -t utf8 filename.csv filename.utf8.csv 4. Change your filenames to match the one on your desktop and press Enter.
Your file is now UTF-8 encoded. Do not open the file after you convert, go ahead and upload it to our system.
If you're used to working with Excel on Windows, one of the most confusing aspects of using Excel on a Mac is shortcuts. Even basic shortcuts you've been using for years in Windows may not work as you expect. After a few problems, you might wind up thinking that Mac shortcuts are 'totally different' or somehow 'broken'.
In reality, Excel shortcuts on the Mac are quite capable, you just have to understand and adjust to certain differences. In this article, I'll walk you through the key differences you need to be aware of to work productively with Excel shortcuts on a Mac. Also see: // 3 minute video 1. Special symbols One of more confusing aspects of keyboard shortcuts on the Mac are the symbols you'll see for certain keys. For example, the Command key is abbreviated as ⌘, the Control key with ⌃, and the option key as ⌥. These symbols have a long history on the Mac, and you'll find them in menus everywhere.
The Mac Finder – abbreviations appear in all applications, not just Excel You'll see these symbols in menus across all applications, so they're not specific to Excel. There really aren't too many symbols, so I recommend that you bite the bullet and memorize them. The table below shows some example shortcuts with a translation. Command Shortcut Translation New workbook ⌘N Command N Save As ⌘⇧S Command Shift S Toggle ribbon ⌘⌥R Command Option R Paste Special ⌃⌘V Control Command V Select row ⇧Space Shift Space 2. Function keys Like their counterparts in the Windows world, Mac keyboards have function keys.
These keys sit at the top of the keyboard and are labeled F1 to F12 on standard keyboards and F13, F14 and higher on extended keyboards. Standard Mac keyboard with 12 function keys As you know, function keys are uses for many shortcuts in Excel. For example, you can use F1 for help, F7 for spelling, and shift + F3 to insert a function. But if you try these shortcuts directly on a Mac, they don't work.
By default, Function keys on a Mac control the computer itself, things like screen brightness, volume, video pause and play, and so on. This means that if press only the function keys in Excel, you'll end up controlling the Mac, and not Excel. To make function keys work like you expect in Excel, you need to add a key: the function or fn key. You'll find the fn key in the lower left on your keyboard. Here are a few examples: Command Windows Mac New chart F11 fn F11 Calculate worksheets F9 fn F9 Open Spelling F7 fn F7 Evaluate formula F9 fn F9 If you really hate using the fn key, you can change this behavior by changing a preference at System Preferences Keyboard. Here you can check a box that will that will change function key behavior to work like 'standard function keys'. If you do this, however, note that you won't be able to use function keys for things like Brightness, Volume, etc. Unless you hold down the fn key.
In essence, this setting reverses behavior so that you need to use fn to control the Mac. Personally, I like using the function keys to control the computer, so I leave this setting alone, and just the fn key when needed in Excel. Missing keys Another difference that may trip you up on a Mac is certain keys are missing. Unless you're using an extended keyboard, keys like Home, End, backspace, Page up, and Page down are nowhere to be found. This is a problem, because many of these keys are used in Excel shortcuts. The solution is to use specific substitutions, as shown in the table below.
Windows Mac equivalent Home fn arrow left End fn arrow right Page Up fn arrow up Page Down fn arrow down Screen right fn option arrow down Screen left fn option arrow up Move to Last cell fn control arrow right Move to first cell fn control arrow left Delete fn Delete Backspace Delete The substitutions let you perform the same actions you can do in Windows. However, T hey can make some shortcuts seem complicated on a Mac because you have to use more keys. Note: If you're using an extended keyboard on a Mac, you don't need to worry about substitutions, since you'll have keys for Home, End, Page up, etc. Extended keyboards have all the keys 4. Ribbon shortcuts In the world of shortcuts, perhaps the most painful difference on a Mac is a lack of ribbon shortcuts.
In Excel on Windows, you can use so called accelerator keys to access almost every command in Excel using only your keyboard. This doesn't matter much when you're performing an action that has a dedicated shortcut (i.e. Control + B for bold), since dedicated shortcuts are faster than ribbon shortcuts.
But when you want to trigger an action that doesn't have a dedicated shortcut (like sort, hide gridlines, align text, etc.), it hurts a bit. Excel ribbon in Windows with accelerator keys visible. No equivalent on the Mac! Just different Finally, some Excel shortcuts are just plain different on a Mac.
For example, the shortcut for Edit Cell in Windows is F2, and on a Mac, it's Control + U. The shortcut to toggle absolute and relative references is F4 in Windows, while on a Mac, its Command T. For a complete list of Windows and Mac shortcuts, see.
If you want to see more Excel shortcuts for the Mac in action, see our our. These videos come from our. Whenever we use a shortcut, we show both the Windows and Mac version.
Excel 2016/Office 365 With the introduction of Excel 2016 on the Mac, Microsoft has started to adjust Mac shortcuts to be more aligned with Windows. As of February 2016, many Windows shortcuts can be used in Excel 2016/Office 365. For example, you can use fn + F4 to toggle between absolute and relative references, Control + Shift + L to toggle a filter on and off, etc. So far, all the shortcuts that have been adjusted to match Windows shortcuts remain backward compatible with previous Mac only shortcuts. For example while fn F4 toggles references on the Mac, the old shortcut Command + T still works as well.