How to open asc file in windows 10

asc files can easily be opened as a simple text file by various programs. In Windows, you can use text editors like Editor and Wordpad.

1. What is an ASC file and how do I open it?
2. How do I extract an ASC file?
3. How do I convert an ASC file to Excel?
4. What is ASC file?

What is an ASC file and how do I open it?

ASC files were created by Adobe System and are also known as ASCII files. These files can be opened practically by any text editor and executed with the proper scripting engine. A good example of this is the VB script when clicked will automatically open and perform what it is commanded to do.

How do I extract an ASC file?

Since ASC files contain information in plain text, you can also open them with a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad (Windows) or Apple TextEdit (Mac), or a source code editor. You may need to rename the . asc file extension to . txt for the text editor to recognize it.

How do I convert an ASC file to Excel?

Click on the File and Save As option. Change the 'Save as type' at the bottom of the pop up box to a Microsoft Office Excel Workbook. Your ASCII file has now been converted to an Excel file.

What is ASC file?

Each ASC file is a stream of ASCII characters consisting of data values ordered by row and column. Rows in the data stream are separated by row delimiters. Each column within a row is defined by a beginning-ending location pair (specified by IMPORT parameters).