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From: "Dale E. Reddick" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] FTDNA CSV files and StarOffice
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:52:14 -0400
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Hey Steven,

Yeah, Rich Text Format often does seem to be a way around file
formatting problems.

Dale
________________________________

steven perkins wrote:

>OK, I can do a cut-and-paste as a "formatted file (RTF)" and
>StarOffice treats it like a CSV file.
>
>Problem solved.
>
>Thanks for the suggestions.
>
>Steven C Perkins
>
>
>
>On 10/20/05, Dale E. Reddick <> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Steven,
>>
>>Perhaps you should try downloading & installing the new Version 2.0 of
>>OpenOffice. OpenOffice is the free, open-source version of StarOffice.
>>
>>A review of the announcement for that open-source product can be seen at
>>the following URL:
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5903580.html?tag=nl.e589
>>
>>The new version of this publicly downloadable version of StarOffice can
>>be downloaded from the following URL:
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>>
>>StarOffice and OpenOffice feature Microsoft-compatible applications
>>capable of reading from and writing to MS Office file formats.
>>
>>I hope that this might prove to be helpful.
>>
>>Dale
>>________________________________
>>
>>steven perkins wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I am using StarOffice7 and trying to import the haplotype results from
>>>my FTDNA GAP pages. I click on the link to download as a CSV and save
>>>the file. I start the Spreadsheet component of Star Office and click
>>>on File Open and then click on the file. The file is imported into
>>>the spreadsheet as an html formatted table, not a text CSV file. Has
>>>anyone been able to get a CSV file into a StarOffice Spreadsheet?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>SC Perkins
>>>
>>>
>>>

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