I am trying to get an .xls (also tried the same file in .xlsx and .csv) to join a parcel feature. This is county level and the data is all supplied by the auditor's office but it is in .shp and .csv format. The join should verify as the columns are matching. It gets halfway and Arc starts (Not Responding). I have tried clipping the counties and joining and I have tried joining then clipping. same results. Ideas?
Try getting both into a geodatabase first, then try the join