v1.5.7d easypopulate 4.0

I am trying to use easypopulate to bulk delete products but am having issues. The process I have used is;
downloaded Model/Price/Qty file
opened the file in open office (OpenCalc)
changed v_status for products showing 0 to 9 (assumption being 9 means delete product)
a) saved file as .odt and uploaded with no result (products did not delete) and no warnings
then
b) saved file as .csv and uploaded with no result (products did not delete) with warning problem with delimiters (??) - in saving as .csv the delimiters selected were comma (,) and double quotes (")

There are no error logs

Have I gone about this the right way or is there a better way to delete products in bulk?

cheers, Mike