Formating excel to csv

[kernphilip]

I think a similar issue was raised earlier but I can't find a solution so I will pose it again. I have an excel spreadsheet full of product descriptions. I've attached an excel file so you can see what I am working with.

When I turn this into a csv I loose all of the extended description formating. How can I import this data without having in run into one long string?

I've tried replacing every "*" with "<br>" but it replaces the entire contents of the cell rather than just the "*". Any guidance would be appreciated.

[RobertFranz]

It looks fine to me.

Are you changing the cell formating on your extended description column to Wrap Text?

That was the only change I made, and afaik, that's only a display setting.
After that I saved it as a csv and it was fine.

Mind you, I'm shooting from the hip here, and may completely misunderstand your question.