On 7/28/25 11:55 AM, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I tried to save it [unedited] to file2.xlsx. Got dire warning and suggestion
to save in ODF format.
I think you can configure away the "dire warning" and make LibreOffice
save as xlsx by default, if you want.
Does Debian have a spreadsheet program that can competently read/write xlsx
format? [never happy with LibreOffice text processing $#^$%YU]
LibreOffice is very good at this.
What was the actual problem (except for the warning)?
/ralph
I haven't checked closely. But when a program gives such emphatic
warning that they don't claim competency - I pay attention ;/
Also in the in the meantime someone mentioned that they liked gnumeric.
I loaded then saved the xlsx file with gnumeric. Its out put was much
closer in size to the original than was LibreOffice's attempt.
Also gnumeric seemed faster.
YMMV
