Re: [libreoffice-users] Added feature request

Hi :)
CSV is basically a text-file and doesn't have the capability of storing info 
about different sheets.  It is a limit of the format.  Each sheet can be a 
separate CSV file.  That is one advantage that spreadsheet formats such as ods 
or xls give.  They take up extra space because they contain a greater level of 
sophistication.  


Csv is good for transfer between incompatible programs.  One of which is  almost 
invariably  a proprietary program because OpenSource programs aim at being able 
to exchange data easily.  


Proprietary programs almost invariably make a deliberate effort to stop their 
data being able to be used by other programs in any easy way.  People are then 
forced to buy the proprietary program in order to be able to work with their 
data.  Hence all the problems with .docX and .xlsX and all the people making 
demands for wider-spread adoption of Open Documents standards.  


LO does have a format that handles many sheets within a workbook, ods.  It 
'should' be smaller and lighter than xls but it is unlikely to be used by 
proprietary devices or proprietary programs.  MS Office has been forced into 
allowing Open Document Formats but it makes sure it handls them badly so that 
people are forced into using their proprietary ones instead.

The whole point about Csv is that it's a very very simplistic, very light-weight 
format.  

Regards from
Tom :)
  




________________________________
From: Robert Prins <robert.ah.prins@gmail.com>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Tue, 3 May, 2011 8:16:20
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Added feature request

Hi all,

One of the things that is asked for repeatedly on z/OS related forums is the
ability to create, on that platform, multi-sheet spreadsheets in CSV format
for import on the PC into LO (or that other product), with the standard
answer that it isn't possible to create multi-sheet spreadsheets from CSV.

Wouldn't it be great if LO could distinguish itself if you added an option
to actually make this possible?

Robert
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Robert AH Prins
robert.ah.prins@gmail.com

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