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</head><body><p>OK, so I meant to say .XLS.</p><p>I'm only human.</p><br><blockquote type="cite">On 22 March 2018 at 22:21 Dan Brown <dan@familybrown.org> wrote: <br> <br><p>You're equating things that are fundamentally different.  Yes, .doc, .pub, and .ppt are proprietary MS formats (though I don't believe they've ever taken people to court over them).  But .csv isn't, and never has been--in fact, it's been around longer than Microsoft has by about three years.<br></p><br><div class="ox-49819051f7-moz-cite-prefix">On 3/22/18 8:56 PM, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><p>.CSV, .DOC, .PUB and .PPT definitely are Microsoft proprietary file formats although Microsoft have now given up taking people to court trying to protect them. You're right that they will now open in many different systems (except .PUB) but often with differing results.</p><p><br></p><p>If you need to be universal, use Open Document Foundation's file formats.</p><p><br></p><br><blockquote type="cite">On 22 March 2018 at 20:30 Aubrey Turner <a class="ox-49819051f7-moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aubrey.c.turner@gmail.com"><aubrey.c.turner@gmail.com></a> wrote: <br> <br><p>Not to be overly pedantic, but CSV is not a Microsoft-specific format.  CSV stands for "Comma Separated Value" and it's a very simple format.  Lots of software can handle it on all platforms.  I can view them even on my Android phone.</p><p>That said, most Windows systems are set up by default to open a CSV file in Excel, but that doesn't really have bearing on the format itself.  <br></p><br><div class="ox-49819051f7-ox-98b5be8a6e-moz-cite-prefix">On 03/22/2018 07:26 PM, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><p>But a csv file is proprietary Microsoft format so can't use that. Many of us are not on Microsoft operating systems. And if you make it just like a cellphone, then you're at the mercy of the radio manufacturer to provide the programming.</p><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 22 March 2018 at 17:28 Brandon Clark <a class="ox-49819051f7-ox-98b5be8a6e-moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kl7bsc@gmail.com"><kl7bsc@gmail.com></a> wrote: <br> <br><div dir="auto"><div class="ox-49819051f7-ox-98b5be8a6e-ox-eb0eb97a89-gmail_quote" dir="auto">  <br></div><div dir="auto">Radios needs to behave like phones, plug them into the computer with a USB cable and then simply drag and drop your CSV file into the right folder for the radio to read it.</div></div></blockquote><br> <br><pre>_______________________________________________
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