Comments on: Fixing “Excel has detected that filename is a SYLK file but cannot load it” er… http://www.dbuggr.com/smallwei/fixing-excel-detected-filename-sylk-file-load-er/ Share Knowledge & Be Rewarded Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:13:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: smallwei http://www.dbuggr.com/smallwei/fixing-excel-detected-filename-sylk-file-load-er/comment-page-1/#comment-176 smallwei Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:25 +0000 http://www.dbuggr.com/smallwei/fixing-excel-detected-filename-sylk-file-load-er/#comment-176 This problem occurs when the file that you're trying to open has uppercase letters "I" and "D" as the first two characters. For example, your file contains: <code>ID, FNAME, LNAME 100, John, Smith 101, Mike, Doe</code> To fix it, either update ID to lower case "Id", or you can add an apostrophe at the beginning of the first line of text. <strong>How to Insert an Apostrophe:</strong> To add an apostrophe to the beginning of the first line of text in your file, follow these steps: <ol> <li>Open the text file in a text editor. Click before the first character in the first line of text. Press the APOSTROPHE key on your keyboard ( ' ).</li> <li>On the File menu, click Save. Open the file in Excel. </li> </ol> This problem occurs when the file that you’re trying to open has uppercase letters “I” and “D” as the first two characters.

For example, your file contains:

ID, FNAME, LNAME
100, John, Smith
101, Mike, Doe

To fix it, either update ID to lower case “Id”, or you can add an apostrophe at the beginning of the first line of text.

How to Insert an Apostrophe:
To add an apostrophe to the beginning of the first line of text in your file, follow these steps:

  1. Open the text file in a text editor. Click before the first character in the first line of text. Press the APOSTROPHE key on your keyboard ( ‘ ).
  2. On the File menu, click Save. Open the file in Excel.
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