On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 08:01 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > Dave S wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I have written a (complicated for me :), 55KB) spreadsheet & it works > > well. > > > > I have a m505 palm PDA which I would like to collect data with & > > 'paste' into my spreadsheet. It does not support any form of > > spreadsheet but I would probarbly write the data in the notepad with > > delimiter of '/' ie > > > > /8:00/10:15/mr jackson/somewhere street/ etc. > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction to pull this data from a > > file and put it into my spreadsheet? I have experience of programming > > in Python, Basic etc but know little of oocalc or how to proceed. > > > > Any hints greatfully recieved :) > > > > Dave > > You can automate importation of text delimited files using Macros. You > can probably do this by hand as well. I believe that the next release of > OOo has support for Aportis Doc formats as well.
If the OP wants to program your answer is good; however why bother when the OOo import filter works very well with odd separator characters such as '/'? -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
