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                 Issue #|68871
                 Summary|oo2.0.3 spreadsheet export to .csv truncates floating 
                        |point numbers
               Component|Spreadsheet
                 Version|OOo 2.0.3
                Platform|All
                     URL|
              OS/Version|Unix, X11
                  Status|UNCONFIRMED
       Status whiteboard|
                Keywords|
              Resolution|
              Issue type|FEATURE
                Priority|P3
            Subcomponent|save-export
             Assigned to|spreadsheet
             Reported by|akho





------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 22 11:11:30 -0700 
2006 -------
Hello,
My OS is Linux (Fedora Core 1) and I had been using OpenOffice 1.1.5 until this
week (Aug 22, 2006) when I switched to OpenOffice 2.0.3 and noticed the
following feature on the oo2.0.3 Spreadsheet that was not on oo1.1.5.

When I open a tab-delimited text file with floating point numbers, say,

Row_u133.2      CV_WT   CV_MT   Symbol
29687   0.4925  0.6073  A1BG
17184   0.8158  0.4418  A2M

On oo2.0.3 spreadsheet when I try to save it back into tab-delimited .csv
format, the floating point numbers are truncated to resemble what appears on
screen. See example below,

"Row_u133.2"    "CV_WT" "CV_MT" "Symbol"
29687   0.49    0.61    "A1BG"
17184   0.82    0.44    "A2M"

On oo1.1.5 spreadsheet, when I try to save the original back into tab-delimited
.csv format, the result was identical (ignoring " marks on non-numbers) see
example below,

"Row_u133.2"    "CV_WT" "CV_MT" "Symbol"
29687   0.4925  0.6073  "A1BG"
17184   0.8158  0.4418  "A2M"

As a data analyst, I think this new feature on oo2.0.3 that truncates the
original floating point numbers to look exactly like what appears on the screen
is not an improvement over oo1.1.5's handling export .csv files. I did try
re-formatting the cells to text prior to CSV export which made matters worst as
truncation became permanent. I will be sticking to oo.1.1.5 for the time being.
In case you want to try these files out yourselves, I've put examples of the 3
files up on my website,
 
www.chip.org/~kho/Original_Tab_Delim_Data_File.txt  (original tab-delim file)
www.chip.org/~kho/Original_Tab_Delim_Data_File_oo2-0-3.csv (save from oo1.1.5)
www.chip.org/~kho/Original_Tab_Delim_Data_File_oo1-1-5.csv (save from oo2.0.3)

Thank you in advance for looking at this,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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