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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: kspread compatiility
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-09-25 9:05:54
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
> montel laurent wrote (on Sun, 24 Sep 2000):
> > Le dim, 24 sep 2000, Lennart Kudling a écrit :
> > > > it would be great if ksperead could read|write in .xls format.
> > >
> > > I cant imagine either, that anybody of the koffice-team _ever_
> > > thought about supporting that very unknown application.
> > >
> > > Keep the good ideas rolling.
> >
> > Hi,
> > kspread  can read Excel format, but not export for the moment to .xls
> > format
>
> Can excel read kspread's native files

Feel free to ask Microsoft for that !

> or, can kspread save in a format that excel can read, and if so, what are 
> the limitations of this file format?

KSpread can export to CSV, and Excel can read CSV.
Obvious limitation: you get all numbers and strings (and dates etc.)
but formulaes are turned into their result.

-- 
David Faure, MandrakeSoft & KDE developer

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