Hi,

a French customer has noted that Excel always seems to put a semi colon
as the delimiter
when using the Save As CSV functionality.

If I set up my PC as French Language in Regional Options, then click
Customise
and change the list separator from semi colon to comma, each time I use
Save as CSV in excel the default
French semi colon delimiter is always used instead of the comma. As i
understand it the list separator value
should be used.

Is there anything else I need to change to have the comma delimiter when
in French mode? I have trawled the
web but can't seem to find any answers. Any info would be much
appreciated.

Many thanks,

Jeff

If I set up my PC as French Language in Regional Options, then click
Customise and change the list separator from semi colon to comma, each
time I use Save as CSV in excel the default French semi colon delimiter is
always used instead of the comma.

I found this was true if I had Excel open when I made this change to French
settings and with the separator as a comma. (That is, I still got a
semi-colon).

But if I closed and re-started Excel then a Save As CSV resulted in the
comma being used.


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Jim
"Jedawi" wrote in message
...
| Hi,
|
| a French customer has noted that Excel always seems to put a semi colon
| as the delimiter
| when using the Save As CSV functionality.
|
| If I set up my PC as French Language in Regional Options, then click
| Customise
| and change the list separator from semi colon to comma, each time I use
| Save as CSV in excel the default
| French semi colon delimiter is always used instead of the comma. As i
| understand it the list separator value
| should be used.
|
| Is there anything else I need to change to have the comma delimiter
when
| in French mode? I have trawled the
| web but can't seem to find any answers. Any info would be much
| appreciated.
|
| Many thanks,
|
| Jeff
|
|

Hi Jim,

thanks for your response, I have tried making the change with Excel closed
and restarted

the PC and still get the semi colon as the seperator seems very strange. I
am getting the same

output with both excel 2000 and 2003.

Regrads,

Jeff

"Jim Rech" wrote in message
...
If I set up my PC as French Language in Regional Options, then click
Customise and change the list separator from semi colon to comma, each
time I use Save as CSV in excel the default French semi colon delimiter
is
always used instead of the comma.

I found this was true if I had Excel open when I made this change to
French
settings and with the separator as a comma. (That is, I still got a
semi-colon).

But if I closed and re-started Excel then a Save As CSV resulted in the
comma being used.


--
Jim
"Jedawi" wrote in message
...
| Hi,
|
| a French customer has noted that Excel always seems to put a semi
colon
| as the delimiter
| when using the Save As CSV functionality.
|
| If I set up my PC as French Language in Regional Options, then click
| Customise
| and change the list separator from semi colon to comma, each time I
use
| Save as CSV in excel the default
| French semi colon delimiter is always used instead of the comma. As i
| understand it the list separator value
| should be used.
|
| Is there anything else I need to change to have the comma delimiter
when
| in French mode? I have trawled the
| web but can't seem to find any answers. Any info would be much
| appreciated.
|
| Many thanks,
|
| Jeff
|
|