Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file

[Paul Schwartz <pmjs1115@yahoo.com>]

OK. The file is not compressed, but how do I find the xml stuff. There is a fair amount of plain text separated by many \00 and other things in red.

Tutorial anyone?

Paul




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> From: Paul Schwartz <pmjs1115@yahoo.com>
>To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
>Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 9:30 AM
>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file
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>Thanks for the hints, but I have already done all those things. The default Archive Manager in Ubuntu 12.04 is fileroller, and from the error messages generated, it seems to use gzip for the compress/uncompress. I'm beginning to think that the file may not be compressed. Next is to try gedit directly.
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>Thanks again, but if I don't make some progress LO will get replaced with OO.
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>Paul
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>> From: Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com>
>>To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 5:01 AM
>>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file
>> 
>>On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 19:23 -0700, Paul Schwartz wrote:
>>> ________________________________
>>> > From: Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com>
>>> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
>>> >Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 8:02 PM
>>> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file
>>> > 
>>> >On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 21:20 -0400, Jay Lozier wrote:
>>> >> Paul,
>>> >> 
>>> >> On 05/07/2012 07:11 PM, Paul Schwartz wrote:
>>> >> > I recently installed Libre Office [default on a new Ubuntu 12.04 install]. I have a file that opens fine with Open Office but generates a Read error with Libre Office.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Any clues on how to solve this problem?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > TIA
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Paul Schwartz
>>> >> >
>>> >> What is the error message? Also, can you post the file on Nabble so 
>>> >> someone can try to find the problem.
>>> >> 
>>> >> A possible work around is to unzip the ods file to recover the xml data 
>>> >> file and then open that in LO. I forget what the default Ubuntu archive 
>>> >> utility is.
>>> >> 
>>> >
>>> >Neither gunzip nor fileroller/Archive Manager work. gunzip says
>>> >
>>> > gunzip STOCKS.ods
>>> >gzip: STOCKS.ods: unknown suffix -- ignored
>>> >
>>> >Archive Manger says
>>> >
>>> >Could not open "STOCKS.ods"
>>> >
>>> >Archive type not supported.
>>> >
>>> >I tried changing the name to temp.zip; same thing.
>>> >
>>> >Paul
>>> >
>>> >> -- 
>>> >> Jay Lozier
>>> >> jslozier@gmail.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >    The name is Archive Manager, and the file name is fileroller.
>>> >
>>> >--Dan
>>
>>     To change the name of the file, right click STOCKS.ods. Click
>>Rename from the popup menu. Use the End key to move the cursor to the
>>end of STOCKS.ods. Use the back arrow to remove "ods". Enter zip in its
>>place. You should not see STOCKS.zip. If you do, type Enter. Now apply
>>gzip to it.
>>
>>--Dan
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