Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem

It was not a matter of preferences. It was because calc could not open a 
.XLS file. On further investigation it was found that it is not an XLS 
file hence the problem

Cheers
On 03/28/2013 01:48 PM, nvrk wrote:
> 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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