I have Apache Open Office 4.1.2 on Windows 7. Yesterday I made several spreadsheets, today it won't.
Linda On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote: > At 08:07 05/10/2017 -0400, Linda Hull wrote: > >> I feel like I'm in Through-the-Looking-Glass Land. >> > > No, I think you are in the real world and I am somewhat distracting you. > Apologies that my previous reply was not entirely accurate. > > You know I do this regularly to manage channel access lists for IRC. It's >> just not working. I have NEVER had to modify the file name before. >> > > Changing .txt to .csv does work, but - as you say - it may not be > necessary. > > I don't think I converted the files to .doc, Writer holds them as .odt. >> > > Now I'm confused: you said you saved as .txt. I hope you did. > > What I have always been doing is: Look up the filename in 'open'. Open the >> dropdown, "All files (*.*)", scroll down to where it says: "Text CSV (*.csv >> *.txt)", click that and it should show me a "do you really want to open all >> this stuff in a spreadsheet?" .. click yes. >> > > I don't recognise that error message, but yes: you should see the Text > Import window, allowing you to select options. > > I'll be happy to send you any number of files privately, ... >> > > One would suffice. > > ... but I'm wondering if something is bugged in my Apache OpenOffice? >> > > Much more likely that you are doing something slightly differently or you > have made or allowed a settings change. > > Is it possible that the actual contents of a specific text file make > OpenOffice think you cannot want it as a spreadsheet? > > Is it just possible that you are scrolling down to "Text (*.txt)" in the > text document list instead of "Text CSV (*.csv;*.txt)" in the spreadsheet > documents list? > > Which version of OpenOffice are you using? And what operating system? > > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
