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The CSV text format is recommended. This format separates data fields by using delimiters such as commas or semi-colons, and separates records by inserting line breaks.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 48*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153821" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Choose <emph>File - </emph><link href="text/shared/01/01020000.xhp" name="Open"><emph>Open</emph></link> and click the file to import.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id1977904" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select "Text CSV" from the <emph>File type</emph> combo box. Click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 54*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The <link href="text/shared/00/00000208.xhp" name="Text Import"><emph>Text Import</emph></link> dialog appears. Decide which data to include from the text document.</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 57*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Once the data is in a $[officename] Calc spreadsheet, you can edit it as needed. Save the data as a $[officename] data source:</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 60*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Save the current $[officename] Calc spreadsheet in dBASE format in the folder of a dBASE database. To do this, choose <emph>File - Save As</emph>, then select the <emph>File type</emph> "dBASE" and the folder of the dBASE database.</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 63*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Exporting in CSV Text Format</paragraph> 64*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">You can export the current $[officename] spreadsheet in a text format which can be read by many other applications.</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 67*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152933" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Choose <emph>File - Save as</emph>.</paragraph> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 70*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154216" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In <emph>File type</emph> select the filter "Text CSV". Enter a file name and click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 73*56c15d5dSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154908" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">This opens the <link href="text/shared/00/00000207.xhp" name="dBase Export"><emph>Export of text files</emph></link> dialog, in which you can select the character set, field delimiter and text delimiter. Click <emph>OK</emph>. A warning informs you that only the active sheet was saved.</paragraph> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/shared/guide/data_im_export.xhp#data_im_export"/> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<switch select="appl"> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<case select="CALC"><embed href="text/scalc/guide/dbase_files.xhp#dbase_files"/> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir</case> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir</switch></body> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 83