> > I often send CSV files with a .txt extension. I use a TAB > X'05' as a delimiter which is the default for for .txt files. >
That is what I have been providing for them. It makes no difference whether the file is banana.txt or banana.csv, it will be opened properly by Excel. > Only > one thing for the user to > do: Select all, click Format -> Column -> Autofit selection. > > I get no complaint from user about having to do this format. > That is something that the people who receive my files cannot seem to remember and cannot find in the instructions that were provided when they were actually transferring the files themselves, so I get complaints. If I do not find a way to handle that in all of the suggestions and code provided because of this thread, I will simply have to add the instructions to the e-mail when I send it. > /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA > for 46 years > mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 > "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > Regards, Richard Schuh