8. How and with which program do I open a silo file?
The downloaded silo file is opened with Excel:
1. On a new Excel page under "Data", select the button "From Text".
2. In the window that opens, select the previously downloaded file. During this process, make sure that "All Files" is selected at the bottom right, not "Text Files", otherwise the silo file will not be displayed.
3. When the data has been selected, a window called "Text Conversion Wizard" will open. Click on the "Next" button in this window.
4. On the second page, under the menu item "Separator", in addition to the check mark for "Tab stop", also place a check mark for "Comma" and again select the button "Next".
5. Finally change the "Data format in the columns" from "Standard" to "Text". This process must be done for each column individually. The columns are selected in the "Data preview" at the bottom of the window. Finally, select the "Finish" button and then "Ok".