[thelist] Other-than-XLS-format to use for Excel-Worksbooks ?

[Jon Molesa]

If you don't need multiple sheets in a worbook, don't need formulas, and
other Excel specific features.  If you want a more common format, I'd go
with CSV - Comma Separated Values.  It's a comma demilimited file.  It's
super easy yo generate a csv file.  Data looks like:

"Column Heading One", "Columnd Heading Two", "Column Heading Three"
"Data", "Data", "Data"

and so on.

*On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 03:10:55PM +0100 Stefan Schwarzer <st.schwarzer at geois.de> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:10:55 +0100
> From: Stefan Schwarzer <st.schwarzer at geois.de>
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Other-than-XLS-format to use for Excel-Worksbooks ?
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
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> 
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I am trying to offer alternative download formats in our data portal.
> >> CSV is ok for a single sheet.
> >>
> >> But it seems to be quite difficult if it gets to workbooks -
> >> including multiple sheets, and if possible comments. One can use the
> >> Excel-XML, but still it seems that it is mainly Excel - and not
> >> NeoOffice, OpenOffice etc. - which is able to read that. And it is
> >> only supported from version 2003.
> >>
> >> HTML isn't really a solution, as it seems that one can't import it
> >> later into any other Office package.
> >
> > Create an HTML page (embed your css), with a table. Save (as text) and
> > change its extension to .xls
> >
> > Open in Excel 2000/2003+.
> 
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> thanks for the prompt reaction.
> 
> Actually, I am looking for some kind of format/recommendation how to  
> distribute the data for people NOT using Excel. Or, so to say, to use  
> a more "open" format.
> 
> Although I know that almost all software packages can read Excel, I  
> find it a bit "limiting" to offer only XLS format... Or another  
> format with some kind of Excel nomenclature.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stef
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