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BetterRed · 02-20-2026, 05:51 PM

Any half decent table editor can copy a cell down a column or copy an entire row.

So, you only have to enter (or paste) Author and Series once - then copy that row into the N empty rows below - and while you're there you could do the same for Publisher and Tags. Enter (or paste) the Titles. save the file, and submit to IL -- I would then move the csv into the data folder of the first book.

I use the free version of Modern CSV (portable). IMO full blown spreadsheet applications like Excel, LO Calc, etc are over kill for CSV creation. It's a Windows, MacOS, Linux Qt based application.

BR

02-20-2026, 05:51 PM	#9
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,409 Karma: 31000056 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Any half decent table editor can copy a cell down a column or copy an entire row. So, you only have to enter (or paste) Author and Series once - then copy that row into the N empty rows below - and while you're there you could do the same for Publisher and Tags. Enter (or paste) the Titles. save the file, and submit to IL -- I would then move the csv into the data folder of the first book. I use the free version of Modern CSV (portable). IMO full blown spreadsheet applications like Excel, LO Calc, etc are over kill for CSV creation. It's a Windows, MacOS, Linux Qt based application. BR