Visidata

Convert Excel to CSV

• Open Excel sheet of interest in visidata
• Save the file, when prompted for name, change extension to .csv

Install Visidata on Windows

• Use Python interpreter with a supported version of windows-curses
  • Create a virtual environment like in conda if needed like 3.12 or uv init

# Init virtual environment
uv init
# openpyxl for Excel files support
uv add visidata openpyxl
source .venv/Scripts/activate
visidata book.csv

# pip install option
# Create new virtual env
python -m venv ./venv
./venv/Scripts/Activate
# Install visidata requirements
pip install visidata windows-curses
# For Excel files support
pip install openpyxl