> I don't really think (or know) if .CSV is well standardized because the way office >can choose were to put commas or were to position columns is not written any ware and >for all we know may vary from version to version of office. > The other thing is that when you save a file in csv excel tell u that it does not >support multiple sheets. > And last, when you will probably open a csv in your software it will ask you how to >extract the data because unlike XML you can't know from a comma what the content >means. > After going over the list of possible formats, it seems very likely that Microsoft >have gone to a great length to make it difficult for you to work in a another format >or software. > All in all, I think this require a more global approach like contacting your Knesset >representative to revise the government thinking about public documentation and >processes.
How about SYLK ? I have historically found this to work across windoze/mac and M$office/others very smoothly. It can contain cell formatting info so is more flexible than CSV (and therefore more likely to be adopted). Is it supported reasonably in Gnumeric and Soffice ? Sample SYLK files available on demand via private mail. -- Blessings, ,&tav;&vav;&kaf;&resh;&bet; Daniel Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] &lamed;&alef;&yod;&resh;&alef; &lamed;&alef;&yod;&nun;&dalet; - 500,000 emails were sent last year including the word 'terror' or 'terrorist'. http://www.pgpi.net ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
