Exporting as CSV loses upper case text format

Hi Folks,
When I format a column of text to upper case and export the sheet as .csv, It reverts to whatever random format it had before. The column is for states in a list of addresses.
I also wish I could format text in lower case if needed.
Any ideas?

In iWork's components, applying a style "uppercase" or "lowercase" doesn't change the case of the data. It just display it as asked.
So, when we export in a text only format, we lose the style and grab the data as it was typed.
I understand that the developper feel safe to keep the original data intact but here it may appear as an annoying feature.
This is why I already asked them for added feature alloying us to really change the case as we wish.
Of course, I don't know if they will insert these features.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mardi 29 avril 2008 18:12:53)

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