Re: [libreoffice-users] open a Mac numbers file in calc?

2016-04-24 Thread J.B. Nicholson

Dave Stevens wrote:

anyone know if/how? will rtfm if directed


You don't mention a lot of pertinent information including what OS you're 
using, what version of LibreOffice you're using, and what version of 
Numbers file you are working with so it's hard to help with specific 
advice. I recommend trying to load the Apple Numbers file; if the open file 
dialog only shows OpenDocument files, try changing the filetype pop-up to 
show all files (some file prompters will let you do this). 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#Supported_file_formats mentions 
"Apple Numbers '09 or earlier (basic spreadsheets for Numbers)" from 
version 5.0 released on 2015-08-05.


If this doesn't work, try sharing the Apple Numbers file by posting it to a 
globally-accessible hoster (such as archive.org) so others can try opening 
it and converting it for you.


You can also try using Numbers to load the file you have and export the 
data you want to keep (pictures, sounds, tables of data, etc.) into files 
other programs can load (pictures as TIFFs or PDFs; sounds as WAV, AIFF, or 
FLAC files; tables of data as ODF, CSV, or some other format commonly used).


In theory one of these approaches should let you keep the data you care 
about, import that data into a free software spreadsheet, and avoid future 
file format lock-in such as you currently have with Apple Numbers which is 
proprietary software.


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[libreoffice-users] open a Mac numbers file in calc?

2016-04-22 Thread Dave Stevens
anyone know if/how? will rtfm if directed

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