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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 20 22:09:14 -0700 2005 ------- I think this issue is less about whether OOo *can* import a TXT file or not than it is a design issue that OOo ignores the current state of the application in deciding *how* to import it. For example (under OOo 1.1.3 (Debian Sarge)): The simple attachment will open in OOo Calc if and only if I select "Tab Delimited" as the import filter, even though I am already editing OOo Calc. If that import option is not selected, it opens it in Writer. But if I have to import 100 tab-delimited files like this, I don't want to have to scroll all the way down to the "tab delimited" entry (which is helpfully called "Text CSV"... hmmmm?) for *every* file. It would be much nicer for OOo to say "I'm currently running Calc, so I'll open this new file in Calc if possible". Even just a persistent checkbox in the open dialogue box to enable this feature would be wonderful... (you could be more clever than that and use a regexp against the file to see if it looks like CSV or TSV, but allowing *easy* override of these default behaviours is important) This is a big barrier to me doing anything serious with Calc (well, that and the graphing component is hopeless, see http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3997 for more on that!). Until I can easily import lots of data files from scientific instruments (and then graph them!) Calc will only be a toy for me. (This is perhaps an associated issue... if I run "oocalc testcase.txt" where the file is tab delimited, it opens in Writer not Calc...) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
