Actually csv files are very safe...they are nothing more than text files so they are safer than most...I've never heard of any instance where an csv file had ANY problems...csv is about as safe as txt, I believe Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Katherine Driskell Felts Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 10:11 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: .csv I threw caution to the wind and downloaded it and you will be thrilled to know that yes, Excel the wunder-program can, in fact open it. For my future computer safety, should I be concerned about a csv file? You know how RTFs don't have evil macros, so some folks will only take them (rather than docs which can have evil macros). I've learned about dot scrs and dot pifs and that I dont ever want them (I have my mail server programmed not to send me something if it has the dot as a "." in front of those extensions anywhere in a message body) Kathie ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************