When you open a file, the file's contents are copied into the project. Therefore, if you change the data or graph contents within a project, you do not affect the original file.
If the Excel file contains multiple sheets, you can control the import of each sheet separately.
In the web app, you cannot open XLS and XML files.
To change the default settings for importing files, choose .
Minitab can open plain text (ANSI or Unicode) files, which have an extension of .txt (text), .dat (data), or .csv (comma separated values). If the data that you want to use are in a file with an extension that is not in the drop-down list, try saving the data as a text file and then importing it. Most applications can create text files.
To change the default settings for importing files, choose .
To open a Minitab project file (MPX, MPJ) or worksheet file (MWX, MTW), choose and browse to and select the file.
To open a Minitab sample data set, go to https://support.minitab.com/datasets/.
With the release of Minitab 19 and tabbed output, Minitab saves projects as MPX files and worksheets as MWX files. You cannot open MPX or MWX files in versions of Minitab that do not support tabbed output. You can open a project (MPJ) or a worksheet (MTW) from Minitab versions 16, 17, and 18.
To open worksheets that are stored in a Minitab project without opening the project file, complete the following steps.
You can open files from Microsoft OneDrive® and Google Drive™ in both the desktop and web app. In the desktop app, choose . Minitab will prompt you to choose either Microsoft OneDrive® or Google Drive™.
In the web app, you can indicate whether to sign into Microsoft OneDrive®, Google Drive™, or a local file. You can open files directly from the landing page or by selecting Add/Open from the left pane when you are in Minitab.