Merge pull request #1867 from HyakoV3:fix/1808-csv-as-text

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> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-19 · **Change:** minor (.xls dialog sheets are skipped instead of read as worksheets) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-19 · **Change:** minor (`.xls` import reads each sheet's display options from WINDOW2: right-to-left, gridlines, headings, zeros, formulas) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-19 · **Change:** trivial (XLSX text boxes and shapes keep their paragraphs' right-to-left direction on save; previously trivial: formulas over Excel's 8,192 characters, and `%` or call chains past the nesting limit, are parse errors instead of stack overflows when a file is opened) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-18 · **Change:** trivial (CSV/TSV/TXT can open with every field kept as text via `file.open {csvAsText}`; formulas over Excel's 8,192 characters, and `%` or call chains past the nesting limit, are parse errors instead of stack overflows when a file is opened; previously trivial: XLSX chart sheets are kept on save (#727)) · **Target:** Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365), Excel for Mac 16.113.4
Every format Excel opens or saves, with GridCraft's read and write support, fidelity and tests.
Part of [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md). **File formats: ~50% ready, 80–120 h**
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| 2026-10-19 | minor | .xls import skips dialog sheets (WsBool `fDialog`), which share the worksheet BOF type and were read as empty worksheets |
| 2026-10-19 | minor | `.xls` import reads WINDOW2: right-to-left sheets (common in older Arabic and Hebrew files) open right-to-left, and hidden gridlines, headings and zero values and Show Formulas carry over |
| 2026-10-19 | trivial | XLSX text boxes and shapes keep right-to-left paragraph direction (`a:pPr rtl`, ECMA-376 Part 1 §21.1.2.2.7): read from the first paragraph and written on every paragraph; output without it is unchanged |
| 2026-10-18 | trivial | `file.open {csvAsText: true}` keeps every CSV/TSV/TXT field as the text the file holds, so identifiers (GTINs, SKUs, ZIP codes) keep their digits and leading zeros (#1808; a preference and a CLI flag are separate work) |
| 2026-10-14 | trivial | Formula parser: text longer than Excel's 8,192 characters, and postfix chains (`1%%%…`, `f(1)(1)…`) past the 256-level nesting limit, are parse errors (the cell keeps its formula text and cached value) instead of trees deep enough to overflow the stack when a hostile file is opened, saved or dropped |
| 2026-10-12 | trivial | XLSX chart sheets are kept on save (#727) |
| 2026-10-12 | trivial | CSV and TSV export is capped at 512 MiB and refuses a larger used range with an error (#528) |