Well, this can be realized with the OpenOffice API and the rJava package i would guess:
http://rosuda.org/rJava/ I successfully use the OpenOffice APi with Rserve to get and send data from or to the OpenOffice calc tool (Windows, Linux). The OpenOffice API itself and its use is good documented here: http://api.openoffice.org/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.html So i think it can definitely be done. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Reading-microsoft-.xls-format-and-openoffice-OpenDocument-files-tp15894814p15976690.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.