Hi, I got a temp file which was generated by "paste temp_a temp_b". The temp file look like: $ paste temp_a temp_b 3 1.0 3 1.0 5 2.0 4 2.0 5 3.0 When I used the commend "soffice -o temp -calc" (This commend was told by someone from list long time ago, very helpful) the 5 3.0 jumped to the left rows. Thanks ahead for any suggestions, P.S, the only way I come up is to paste temp_b temp_a ; but I have a series of files, a bit big ones. Best regards,