Re: Recently added functionality in 1.43m

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Dec 10, 2009; 10:16pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Funded-ImageJ-development-effort-Imagejdev-org-tp3690128p3690130.html

 > Documentation indicates for version 1.43m:
 >
 > "Results tables (in tab-delimited text format) with an
 > ".xls" extension can be opened using File>Open and drag and
 > drop."
 >
 > I believe the more appropriate format is comma-separated
 > values (CSV) with a .csv extension (tab-delimited format is
 > considered one subtype of CSV). CSV is more of a standard
 > format that almost any spreadsheet application can import
 > or export.

The ImageJ 1.43n daily build adds support for saving results tables as
.csv (comma-separated values) files and for opening them using drag and
drop. You can make ".csv" the default extension for saving tables in
Edit>Options>Input-Output.

-wayne