It's actually there, in the dropdown menu. I was tired and looking for something that started with 'C' not "Text CSV (*,csv *.txt)". There are a whole lot of different things there! If I hadn't been so exhausted, it would have been easy.
All's well that ends well! Thank you! Every single one of you that replied, both privately and in this list. Linda On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Josef Latt <josef.l...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > Am 22.03.2015 um 17:36 schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > > On 22/03/2015 Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >> On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 20:22:10 -0400 Linda Hull wrote: > >>> I want to open my data in Calc, but while it sees myfilename.txt > >> To Open a Text CSV File in Calc > >> 1. Choose File - Open. > > > > Note that this is the key issue: you need to use File - Open within > > Calc, not from Writer or from the generic splash screen. Otherwise > > (unless you select the filter properly in the long drop-down) the file > > will open in Writer as Linda reports. > > A CSV file (*.CSV) starts always with the textimport dialog and further > with Calc. Even from writer. > Rename the *.txt file to *.csv. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
