# Spreadsheet Like Delimited File Viewer Without Column Limits **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 26, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheet-like-delimited-file-viewer-without-column-limits/301170 "2005-04-26T15:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheet-like-delimited-file-viewer-without-column-limits/301170/1 "2005-04-26T15:57:48Z")
Does anyone know of a simple spreadsheet like application that would allow me to view large (15 megs) csv files that contain a large number of columns (around 700)? Excel, of course, stops at 256 cols. Thanks, LarsenMTL ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheet-like-delimited-file-viewer-without-column-limits/301170/2 "2005-04-26T16:49:14Z")
GenStat claims to be able to handle 16,000 columns. [http://genstat.co.uk/doc/8doc/html/spread/FileOptionsTab.htm](http://genstat.co.uk/doc/8doc/html/spread/FileOptionsTab.htm) [http://www.vsn-intl.com/genstat/](http://www.vsn-intl.com/genstat/) Farpoint makes a spreadsheet application ans says it can handle 2 billion rows. > **[.NET, JavaScript and COM Spreadsheet Solutions | GrapeCity Spread](https://www.grapecity.com/spread)** > > The tool of choice for every business application, Spread is your perfect spreadsheet component for input forms, data presentation, financial models, and sales reports. I seriously doubt that either of these is “simple,” but both of them seem to have free trial versions available for download.