> On 07/24/2007 08:57 AM, Anthony Chilco wrote:
> > Hi Roger, I'd beg to differ. The warning states that formatting and 
> > content may be lost. CSV format by nature is 'flat', that is, it 
> > cannot contain more than one sheet of data. Perhaps the warning needs
> >  to be more specific. In Excel, saving a CSV, whether save or save
> > as, brings up a warning that specifically states that only the
> > current sheet will be saved. tc
> 
> Calc provides a warning after the sheet was saved:
> 
> "Warning saving the document Untitled: Only the active sheet was saved.
> 
> The existing spreadsheet is still available to be saved as an .ods.
> 
> As you say; there is nothing wrong with Calc w/regards to CSV, it works
> as it is supposed to & as documented.

But it's still obscure enough to trip novices up, which is helpful 
neither to the novice nor to the future of OOo.  I used to wonder what 
the warning meant when I first did this; fortunately I found out the 
"easy" way :-)

I wonder if csv creation should be under 'export' rather than 'save 
as', along with pdf creation. The properties of an ods and a csv file 
are sufficiently different perhaps to merit this.

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