Re: Spreadshi^Heet software (was: Re: """Standard""" software)
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On 2026-06-29 07:35:27 +0000, Nuno Silva said: > On 2026-06-28, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > [...] >> >> For me, the biggest issue with Excel opening CSV is because it assumes >> things and changes the document based of those fucking assumptions. And >> once it's change, you can't do anything about it and you have to manage >> your CSV file before opening it with Excel. > [...] >> Some other articles spoke about Excel, I don't know about OpenOffice or >> OnlyOffice. But what I know is that OpenOffice and OnlyOffice let me >> chose the field separator and the encoding before doing anything. So if >> everything is messed up, it's my fault and start again doing the right >> choices. > > Yeah, my thought while I was reading your post was "wait, Excel doesn't > prompt for this"? I'm quite used to see the comprehensive CSV import > dialog in OOo/LibO, Excel doesn't do something comparable!? Use the Import command in the File menu and Excel leads you through a variety of options for the import, including being able to change the field and text delimiter characters.