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List:       openoffice-discuss
Subject:    Re: [discuss] .csv save: allow .csf format save in 2nd file
From:       Niklas Nebel <niklas.nebel () sun ! com>
Date:       2004-03-29 14:34:08
Message-ID: 406833E0.3000609 () sun ! com
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ivo welch wrote:
> I use oocalc as my data base manipulation tool.  the data base file 
> itself is in .csv format.  oocalc saves it just fine.
> 
> naturally, oocalc loses formatting information (bold, color, column 
> widths, etc.) after a save; the csv format is not rich enough.  it would 
> be terrific if I could click a little box in the save dialog for ".csv" 
> files, which creates a second file with a different name 
> ("spreadsheet.csf" for example), which contains the formatting information.
> 
> this way, I can continue to use all my ASCII unix tools on the data, but 
> still be able to use more sophisticated formatting.

That would mean designing and maintaining an additional file format. Why 
don't you try to use the XML data inside the sxc files instead?

Niklas

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