Magnus Säteri, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed.
This is a significant bug in Ubuntu. If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please do steps 1 and 2 of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention. [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure As a WORKAROUND, one may use the LibreOffice PPA via https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-4-0?field.series_filter=precise . lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc: Installed: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:4.0.2-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Tags removed: calc libreoffice xls ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133386 Title: calc xls and xlsx files bloated Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 libreoffice: 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu4 All worksheets that are saved on Excel format are enormous by size. For example basic sheet (this is a phpExcel-class example) http://www.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=PHPExcel&DownloadId=94244 : downloaded size 6,3 kB saved with new name on local disk (xlsx): 190,3 kB saved again on local disk (xls): 1,3 MB saved again on local disk (ods): 13,1 kB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1133386/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
