On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:32:08 +0200
Eike Rathke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Pere,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 15:44:36 +0200, Pere Castañer Sarda wrote:
> 
> > No. I need to convert the exported cells (from a closed source
> > software) plenty of char text representing numbers with the format
> > XXXXX.XX to XXXXX,XX 
> 
> In case you're importing a Text/CSV file, during import in the import
> dialog you can set a column type to "US English", does that help?
>

Yes. In fact it is the method that I'm dealing with the exported data. The 
procedure is like this:

First: I export the cells from my closed source program to .xls file format.
Second: I import it in OO Calc2
Third: I save as .csv (Coma Separated Values) setting the cell delimiter one 
distinc from ","
Fourth:I close the file, and I reopened and I set the same delimiter as I've 
put before AND SELECTING THE COLUMNS THAT I NEED TO OPERATE ARITMETICALLY TO 
"US ENGLISH TYPE".

The procedure is a litle tricky but works. The real pity of all of this is 
about the existence of a tool like text2column macro and the feature of 
choosing the decimal separator char is missing. If this weekend I've a moment 
I'll check the source code to determine if I'm able to revise the code of Paolo 
Mantovani (But I haven't much hope that I can modify any bite...)

regards, 


--
Pere Castañer Sardà
Servei informàtic DIBOSCH S.L


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