Re: [libreoffice-users] Question about LibreOffice Calc 4.2.1 and MS Excel workbook

On 03/08/2014 06:15 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 17:18 08/03/2014 -0800, Tom Williams wrote:
> > A friend of mine has LibreOffice 4.2.1 installed alongside MS Office
> > 2010 Starter Edition on his Windows 7 system.  He received an Excel
> > spreadsheet via email which he can open just fine in both Excel and
> > Calc.   The problem is when he opens the file in Calc, it opens with
> > the page zoom set to 60%.  When he opens the file in Excel, it opens
> > with page zoom set to 100%.  Because of this, he didn't think he
> > could edit the file in Calc since he couldn't read the info.  He
> > wasn't aware of the page zoom capability of either application.  :)
>
> Experimentation suggests that the zoom factor in use when the document
> file is saved is stored in the document, with the effect that it can
> be reopened with the same appearance.  This is the case whether the
> document is saved as .xls, .xlsx, or .ods.  Calc appears to respect
> the saved zoom factor in each case, but Microsoft Office 2010, whilst
> it respects the zoom saved in .xls and .xlsx files, ignores that in
> .ods files - even when saved by Microsoft Office itself.
>
> > Any ideas as to why Calc would open the spreadsheet with a page zoom
> > of 60%?
>
> Presumably it was being displayed at a zoom factor of 60% and was
> saved as an .ods file.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
Thanks for the information.  I'll do some experimentation with the
particular file in question and see what happens.

Peace...

Tom

-- 
/When we dance, you have a way with me,
Stay with me... Sway with me.../

-- 
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted