CSV gets tab separated instead

[xurizaemon]

When I save a CSV that I've opened, and choose the format "CSV", my OpenOffice saves a tab-separated sheet instead.

It's not exactly hard to fix (perl -pi -e 's#\t#,#g' doc.csv) but it's not particularly endearing either

Any clue why this would be? Is this a known bug, or some misconfiguration (did I click the "commas are really tabs"button?)

Version is Openoffice.org 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5, Mon Oct 15 09:22 2007

[acknak]

It may actually be the default; it's generally what I use anyway, so I don't notice it.

In the File > Save As dialog, there should be an "Edit filter settings" check. Tick that, make your settings and OK. The settings should be used by default the next time you want to save a CSV file.

[xurizaemon]

thanks, acknak! worked a charm. will keep an eye out for that in future ...