Bob,
Its funny that so many Edit*ors think everything has be rendered, when in fact FCP is at least as RT as Edit* if not more so as you said.
I wish I could say my luck with EDLs from Edit* had been stellar, but alas, migrating jobs between the boxes ha been somewhat more dificult than I would have hoped for. I had things that winded up missing, and it was a pain to figure out what was lost. Most importantly, test a few EDLs first, and figure out which flavor works best. I can’t remember if I had better luck with CMX lists or some other flavor, but some work and others simply don’t. You will know immediately, as the timeline will eoither be populated by lots of events (working), or by one or two(not working). My second pick worked, but I’m so busy today I can’t dredge up that memory clearly. As for the spreadsheet, that one I have no idea about???
DRW