Created attachment 114051 [details] Simple spreadsheet with spanned columns If a spreadsheet is saved in Text (CSV) format and the "Fixed Column Width" option is selected, the contents of the columns as they are shown on the screen are written to the file without delimiters, i.e. suitable for posting as plain ASCII to a blog, etc. However spanned columns are truncated at the first column in the set. The content is not allowed to flow into succeeding columns. For example, if the spreadsheet contains this: A1 B1 C1 D1 Foo bar this spans C2 D2 A3 B3 Foo bar this spans You get this when saving as fixed-column-width CSV: A1 B1 C1 D1 Foo bar thi C2 D2 A3 B3 Foo bar thi STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Load the attached test.ods 2. File->SaveAs... 3. Select Text CSV (.csv) from the format drop-down 4. Check the "Edit filter settings" checkbox 5. Click Save 6. Check "Fixed Column Widt" in the Field options dialog, and finish RESULTS: Spanned columns are truncated at the end of the first column in each span group EXPECTED RESULTS: Spanned data can flow over all the cells in the span group
Reproducible with LO 4.4.1.2, Win 8.1. But I am not sure whether this is really a bug -> I personally think this is no bug. If a text string is longer than the fixed column width, it will be truncated at the end (see also LO online help). And if you export data as a CSV file then only the data is stored cell by cell in a text file without any formatting (e.g. merging cells is only a visual effect which would not be stored). If there are cells merged together like in this case with cell A2 / B2 then the data/text will be stored in cell A2 and cell B2 will be empty. Because the text in the merged cell A2 / B2 is too long for cell A2 with the fixed column width the end of the text is truncated. Therefore, I personally would say this is no bug.
I can reproduce with LO Version: 4.4.2.0.0+ Build ID: 3e3f0f5c3051ea982f8f753e0f3e51441e8f9496 TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:libreoffice-4-4, Time: 2015-02-22_10:24:01 I agree with Andy, this is not a bug. But I see bug when I unmerge A2:B2 and C3:D3, and resize columns. Then export with fixed width doesn't export text after ":", but it's another issue.
(In reply to A (Andy) from comment #1) > Reproducible with LO 4.4.1.2, Win 8.1. > > But I am not sure whether this is really a bug -> I personally think this is > no bug... It seems to me like this is a limitation of the particular export format. I think this should be *documented* as such, perhaps with a warning about spanned cells loosing data when CSV export is attempted with the fixed-col-width option enabled. Status -> NEW Blocks: fixed-col-CSV-limits Moggi: If you think this is just a Documentation issue, feel free to change the component. Thanks!
(In reply to raal from comment #2) > ...But I see bug when I unmerge A2:B2 and > C3:D3, and resize columns. Then export with fixed width doesn't export text > after ":", but it's another issue. Raal: Please file that as a separate issue, and link to this bug. Danke :-)
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(In reply to Robinson Tryon (qubit) from comment #3) > It seems to me like this is a limitation of the particular export format. I > think this should be *documented* as such, perhaps with a warning about > spanned cells loosing data when CSV export is attempted with the > fixed-col-width option enabled. > > Status -> NEW But, as already explained, Help says this at https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Export_text_files. So, while I reproduce this with 6.4+, this is NotABug but expected and documented behavior.