[libreoffice-users] Re: Exported XLS doesn't opens in Calc

Hi Robert


Robert Kowalski wrote
> I have the same problem. 
>
> OS: MacOSX
> LibreOffice: Version 4.0.1.2  
>
> With old versions or other spreadsheet software a html table inside an xls
> with
> correct MIME-Type is rendered nicely (MIME-Type of my file is
> application/vnd.ms-excel).

The file you linked is NOT an Excel file. It is an incorrectly formed HTML
file. In fact it is a plain text file containing a table in HTML.
If you rename the file extension from xls to html it will open correctly in
LibreOffice Writer/Web
You just need to select the whole table and paste it in a new spreadsheet.

The reason why it opens correctly in Excel is that Microsoft is
paternalistic towards users :)

Hope this helps ;)



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