Re: [libreoffice-users] Excel file .xls not opening properly

Thanks, Bill.  After trying a few things, I discovered that this file 
doesn't open in Windows using M$ Office either, so there's something 
wrong with it.  I had moved 3 files from Windows to my Mac to work on 
them, and that's where I noticed the problem.  The other two files had 
opened fine on the Windows machine but I guess I hadn't checked this 
third one.  My hint (inspired by your reply) was that TextEdit on a Mac 
thought the file was empty except for two blank lines.  That program can 
usually open any file, so there was clearly something odd going on.

Carl


On 3/10/15 5:09 AM, William Drago wrote:
> Just because a file has a .xls extension does not mean it's actually a 
> spreadsheet file. I'd open the file in a text editor to make sure it's 
> not an HTML file. Also, if you think it's being treated as a .doc 
> file, then I'd rename it .doc and then try opening it.
>
> -Bill
>
> On 3/9/2015 2:08 PM, cpaulsen10 wrote:
> > LibreOffice is trying to open a recent file with the extension .xls 
> > as if it were a .doc file.  When opened directly (by saving the file 
> > to the hard drive then double clicking it) I get an error that says 
> > "this page uses frames but your browser doesn't support them" and I 
> > get only text-style menus and tools.  I'm NOT trying to open this in 
> > a browser and there's no browser involved when trying to open it.
> >
> > This file was originally generated by Salesforce, which often saves 
> > it as if it were an html/web file.  But with a save-as operation in 
> > MS Excel, the file saves correctly as a spreadsheet file (.xls). I'm 
> > using MS Office 2007, so it's not a new file type, and I've had no 
> > problems in the past.
> >
> > Any idea what is happening?  I've tried opening a blank spreadsheet 
> > and inserting from a file, but no luck.  Nothing happens when I do that.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carl

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