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

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.

Thanks again, but if I don't make some progress LO will get replaced with OO.

Paul




> ________________________________
> 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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