[KLUG Members] Re: Calling all Linux novices: -- Mega-ignorance on MS Office!

[Dennis]

Mike Williams wrote:

> The most common application of
> a spreadsheet I've seen is taking a string of data, sometimes just text,
> and splitting it up into cells so you can work with it.

In OOo have you tried opening your text or csv files using the "File
type" selection in the Open dialog? Once the "File type:" selection box
is changed to "Text CSV (*.csv;*.txt)" you are allowed various
separators and delimiters in the following dialog.

-- 
Dennis