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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] importing tab/space delimited files into calc
From:       Michael J-K <mjak1234 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2003-12-06 10:11:15
Message-ID: 20031206101115.30062.qmail () web60608 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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--- Bruce Bowler <bbowler@bigelow.org> wrote:
> I'm sure I'm not the first to come across this
> "problem", but obviosly my
> skills at formatting the proper query to google are
> poor enough that I
> can't find an answer...
> 
> I'm using OOo 1.1.0 on a RHL 8+ box (8.0 with lots
> of upgrades).  I start
> calc with the command
> /opt/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/program/scalc. 
> 
> I click on File>>open and select a file that is a
> tab delimited (or space
> delimited, doesn't matter) text file and it opens
> the file in writer.  How
> can I convince OOo to open it in calc *WITHOUT*
> renaming the file.

In the file open dialog box, you should select the
file type as csv or space delimited (just look at the
choices in the combo-box). If you then open the file,
all will be well.
> 
> Thanks!
> Bruce


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