Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

Is there a reason why the .xls file version is preferred to the .csv
version from the afr.com site?
nvsoar

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Michael Wu <mwu@tercel.com.tw> wrote:

> > > 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
> Hi Tim,
>
> Since you use Fedora Linux, maybe you can try gnumeric as a temporary
> alternative.
>
> Hope it helps and regards,
>
> Michael
>
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