On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 20:59 -0500, J Shank wrote: > I use OpenOffice version 1.1.4 with Microsoft XP-Home on an HP 3200+ with 512 > MB. I am trying to open a .csv file in Calc. According to the OpenOffice > Help documentation, Calc should invoke the TextImport dialog; however, when I > open the file, it appears in the Text Document module rather than Calc and > the TextImport dialog never appears. Although I have Excel (97 SR2) I don't > want to have to load it into Excel and then save in .xls format, then load it > into OpenOffice. That seems to be a very long way around this problem. What > then is the simplest way to load the data into OpenOffice Calc? > > Jim Shank > Elkview, WV > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I find the easiest way is to open a new calc sheet, then do Insert Sheet, select "From File" and follow the importer. Crystle -- Crystle Numan, B.Sc., Web Developer Guided Vision: the possibilities are endless 905.528.3095 http://guidedvision.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
