File Too Big to Open?

I have a ~26 MB CSV file, which I had wanted to open in Numbers 09. But when I did, Numbers displayed the Opening dialog box, and then said that the file can't be opened because it was too big. How can I work around this and open the CSV file?

CSV is a text file, so if it's a spreadsheet, it likely exceeds the 64K row limit for a Numbers table.
You might be able to open the file in TextEdit, then split it into smaller pieces which you will be able to open.
Or it may be possible to open the file using either NeoOffice or OpenOffice.org, both of which can be downloaded from their respective websites (linked to the names in this line).
Make a copy of the file to try these with.
Regards,
Barry

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