Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

Hi Michael, looks like this one didn't make it to the list. And it is 
very interesting. In light of all the XML reports I think the first step 
is to ask the site why XML docs are masquerading as XLS. It would be 
good to know the version of MSO you are using so I can quote this to them.

FYI I am using Office 2007 and the file opens without this message,

Thanks to all for your feedback so far.

Cheers
On 03/26/2013 01:23 PM, Michael Manning wrote:
> I also found that this file locked up Calc.  I also attempted to open 
> the file using Excel on my Windows computer and received the following 
> message from Excel:
>
> There does seem to be a problem with the file structure is Excel does 
> not recognize it as a .xls file.  Renaming the file as .xlsx did not 
> fix the situation.
> Opening the file in an editor reveals that it is in XML format:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" 
> xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" 
> xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" 
> xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
> <DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
> <Title/>
> <Author>system</Author>
> <LastAuthor>system</LastAuthor>
> <Created>1364168930</Created>
> <LastSaved>1364192393</LastSaved>
> <Company>Fairfax Media</Company>
> <Version>102</Version>
> ...
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd <tim.lloyd@gmx.com 
> <mailto:tim.lloyd@gmx.com>> 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
>
>
>
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