That works! Thank you Marc and Paul for the quick responses.
Glad to see that nothing has changed since I last subscribed to the Users list. Regards, Charles On 4/18/05, Marc DVer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try opening up calc through the start menu or however you normally start > it up when ready to do something on a new file. Click on file, open. > Go to the file and click on it once. Then in the File of Type box, > select Text CSV. Then hit open. You should then get a box that lets > you select how the document should be formatted. The defaults should > work for you. > > Sincerely, > Marc DVer > > Charles Fenwick wrote: > > >Hello all. > > > >After using OpenOffice for more than two years, I've come across a > >task that I can't figure out on my own, so I am turn to the fine > >subscribers of this list for help. > > > >The Florida Division of Elections provides election downloadable > >election results in the form of .dat files > > > >(http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/downloadresults.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/80&DATAMODE= > >, for example) > > > >The download page offers this description: > > > >"When selecting the 'Download' button below, a tab-delimited file of > >election results will be downloaded to your machine. The format of > >this file can be opened and further processed in most spreadsheet and > >database programs." > > > >So on my first try I downloaded the file to Desktop and double clicked > >on it. Since it was an unregistered extension, I was asked which > >program I wanted to open the file with. I selected OpenOffice and the > >file proceeded to open in Writer. Not what I was hoping for. > > > >My second try involved going into Control Panel to register the .dat > >extension to open in Calc. After doing that, I tried opening the file > >again. Same results. > > > >Those were my best ideas, I've tried a couple of things that I thought > >were long-shots and indeed they did not work either. > > > >Assistance, of course, would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Regards, > > > >Charles Fenwick > >using OpenOffice 1.1.4 on Windows XP > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
