Bug#403677: openoffice.org: Opening .xls file puts me in OOo writer instead of in calc

2006-12-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/20/06 15:48, Jim Watson wrote: > > On 21/12/2006, at 12:33 AM, Nagy Gabor Peter wrote: >> >> I think you were right. I don't know how real .xls files look like, but >> my files look like this: >> >> > You could try open it in writer, then copy

Bug#403677: openoffice.org: Opening .xls file puts me in OOo writer instead of in calc

2006-12-20 Thread Jim Watson
On 21/12/2006, at 12:33 AM, Nagy Gabor Peter wrote: I think you were right. I don't know how real .xls files look like, but my files look like this: You could try open it in writer, then copy and paste the tables into calc. Also you could search the issues at www.openoffice.org, as it

Bug#403677: openoffice.org: Opening .xls file puts me in OOo writer instead of in calc

2006-12-20 Thread Nagy Gabor Peter
On 06-Dec-19 20:36, Jim Watson wrote: > >>It doesn't happen to all the .xls files, only the ones I have > >>received. > >>So probably there is something special in the files, that makes > >>OOo open them in writer. > > It sometimes happens that files with .xls extension are actually html > o

Bug#403677: openoffice.org: Opening .xls file puts me in OOo writer instead of in calc

2006-12-19 Thread Jim Watson
It doesn't happen to all the .xls files, only the ones I have received. So probably there is something special in the files, that makes OOo open them in writer. It sometimes happens that files with .xls extension are actually html or csv files. Such files may be created by some internet

Bug#403677: openoffice.org: Opening .xls file puts me in OOo writer instead of in calc

2006-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/18/06 04:45, Nagy Gabor Peter wrote: > Package: openoffice.org > Version: 2.0.4-7 > Severity: important > > I receive excel spreadsheets regularly. When I try to open these files, As email attachments? > OOo writer is started, and the spreadsh

Bug#403677: openoffice.org: Opening .xls file puts me in OOo writer instead of in calc

2006-12-18 Thread Nagy Gabor Peter
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.4-7 Severity: important I receive excel spreadsheets regularly. When I try to open these files, OOo writer is started, and the spreadsheet is included in a new document as a table. I don't find any place in the open dialog where I could say that I want the fil