Quote Originally Posted by scottj View Post

2. Is it just MS-hate or is there a good reason why OpenOffice is being pushed? I've got everything in Excel and dread the idea of converting it all.

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You can work in Excel, but when you do your export (for which ever version of EP you use) use Open Office for that. It gives you a standardized CSV while Excel is dependent on which version you have and which type of export you use.