Hi Alex, Thank your for your early and detailed explaination. ^_^
Alex Fisher wrote on 2008-08-28 at 12:30:14: >On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:41:15 limeiying wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have a question to ask for help. >> >> What I did: >> 1 Create a new notepad file, then enter some characters like >> "test1 test2 test3 test4" which is divided by tab-delimited. Then >> copy >> these characters into the clipboard. 2 Create a new Calc file, select a >> cell at will, double-click and enter the cell, then paste the content in >> the clipboard to the this cell. Click any another cell at will. >> >> Found, >> Spaces replaces tab-delimited when pasting a single line of tab-delimited >> text from notepad >> >> My question: >> Why do Spaces replace tab-delimited when pasting a single line of >> tab-delimited text from notepad? > >Because notepad replaces tabs with a pre-determined number (usually 5) of >spaces. It (notepad) is a very simple text editor, and it's files are plain >ASCII. It (notepad) does not store tabs as tabs. > >If you tried doing the same using commas or semi-colons as delimiters, it will >probably work properly (Not really sure, as I don't use Windows). Possible >simply using a single space between text should work OK as well (the space >becomes the delimiter). >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> Best regards! >> ------------------ >> Li meiying >> Beijing Redflag Chinese 2000 Software CO.,LTD >> Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Tel：51570010-6140 >> Fax：51570333 >> Code：100176 >> 2008-08-28 > > > >-- >Alex Fisher > >Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project > >OpenOffice.org Marketing >Community Contact >Australia/New Zealand > > >http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards! ------------------ Li meiying Beijing Redflag Chinese 2000 Software CO.,LTD Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel：51570010-6140 Fax：51570333 Code：100176 2008-08-28
