If you are looking to analyze the data and not bound to using a spreadsheet, Python’s Pandas in a Jupyter notebook works nicely. Here’s a link to a notebook, referencing the Excel file you provided, which can be viewed in GitHub and opened in Google’s Colab.
https://gist.github.com/rwcitek/8cc463bfc14cc161e8ec573dee99097b Regards, - Robert On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM Richard Owlett <rowl...@access.net> wrote: > On 7/28/25 1:01 PM, Patrick O'Connor wrote: > > Have you tried only office? I have better luck with that than libre > office. > > > Never heard of it before. Its not listed by Synaptic as available in > Debian. > > > > https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/SupportedFormats.aspx > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:53:37 -0700 rowl...@access.net wrote ---- > > > > > >> I found a USDA published spreadsheet[1] [in xlsx format] containing > >> needed data. I saved it to a local directory with no problems. > >> > >> I copied it to another directory to prevent accidents. > >> I opened it - Debian defaulted to LibreOffice Calc. > >> I tried to save it [unedited] to file2.xlsx. Got dire warning and > >> suggestion to save in ODF format. > >> > >> Does Debian have a spreadsheet program that can competently read/write > >> xlsx format? > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> [1] > >> > https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/file/TFP-2021-Disaggregated-Market-Basket.xlsx[https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/file/TFP-2021-Disaggregated-Market-Basket.xlsx] > > > >
