Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

On 03/25/2013 04:44 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote:
> Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone has 
> seen it before/potential fix identified.
>
> I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables from a 
> financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently clicked on 
> the wrong table by accident and tried to open it. Calc locked up! No 
> problem with the files I normally look at, Calc opened them fine.
>
> So I tried again today and waited for an error - "LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 
> General input/output error". So I hopped over to the windows PC and 
> tried LO portable. Same error. The error was repeated whether I tried 
> to open directly from the website or if I saved to disk and then 
> attempted to open the file. MS Excel has no problems.
>
> The file in question is accessible using this link:
>
> http://www.afr.com/share_tables/
>
> Just click on the xls link next to "Warrant Market"
>
> Any comments?
>
> Cheers
I confirm it does not open with LO 4.0.1.2 (Linux Mint Maya 64). Also, 
Calligra Sheets had problems. And it opened (I think correctly) with 
Gnumeric - the version from the Ubuntu Precise repository.

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Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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