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Add note about CSV in Excel
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     - The `account number` could be the credit card number, or the bank account number. To be sure, you can run the app so it exports transactions to a CSV and get the account number from there.
 - **Click on Save to save the configuration**
 
+### CSV (Excel) Note
+
+In some cases you may get gibberish when you open the CSV file in Excel. In this case, please follow the next steps:
+
+1. Open a new Excel document.
+1. Go to `Data` -> `Import From CSV/Text`.
+1. Select your CSV file.
+1. For the "Encoding"/"File Origin", select `Unicode UTF-8 (65001)`.
+
 #### Disclaimer
 
 Providing your financial account credentials to software is not risk free. We will do our best to protect your credentials, but we take no responsibility for any possible damages. If you want to use this we suggest you ask your financial institution for credentials for a user that has only read access to the relevant account and use those credentials to reduce the potential risk.