I am not certain I understand the question. Are you asking whether or not to open the file using the Text CSV filetype or whether or not you should change the extensionon? Quite frankly, I think that if you use the correct file type, it shouldn't matter but try both and let us know.
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 09:50 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: > Thank you for the swift response and sorry for my slow one. I see that > there is a fixed file option, but I still have a problem. OpenOffice > will only open delimited files saved as .csv right? If that is true, > how do I get it so that it can open files delimited by fixed width? > Thank you, > > Robert Volke > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/05/05 11:46 AM >>> > On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 10:35 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: > > I was wondering if in OpenOffice you can open a file delimited by > fixed > > length. Has anyone experimented with this? In the past I have > renamed > > tab delimited files to have the .csv extension so OpenOffice Calc > can > > open them, and that seems to work for the most part. However the > > OpenOffice wizard does not have the option to split columns by fixed > > length upon import. I'm lost at the moment and any help would be > > greatly appreciated. > > > > Yes it works fine. Just use the fixed file option and set your > columns. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
