Objective:
- How can I view a LEDES Bill?
- Viewing LEDES in a readable format
Environment:
- Clio Manage
- Microsoft Excel
Additional Information:
The LEDES files use a Pipe Delimited file which use pipes, or the "|" symbol as a delimiter, whereas most CSV files use commas as the delimiter.
For more of Delimiter-Separated Values, see here
Answer:
- Download the Bill from Clio to the LEDES format
- Open Excel
- Click File
- Click Open
- Choose the file downloaded in step #1
- Select Delimited
- Click Next
- De-select Tab
- Check the Other checkbox
- Enter a Pipe "|" in the Other box
- Click Next
- Click Finish