Yes, this has been reported. The problem is not restricted to the xls format...
See a similar topic http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Why-is-LO-OOo-so-slow-loading-a-spreadsheet-td2006665.html Cheers, Pedro -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Calc-too-slow-in-opening-Excel-spreadsheets-tp2450688p2450788.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***