i found whats causing it. its the row height. when OOo opens the file, it uses 0.03" as the height for the rows. now, all i have to do is to find the settings that would set the default row to a manageable size.
thanks, karl On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Gideon N. Guillen wrote: > Linus Karl wrote: > > i cant seem to open well an spreadseet (ms xls) file on openoffice. > > ms doc and ms ppt opens up smoothly. i installed openoffice1.0 for my > > rehdat 7.2 machine. the rows are so thin, as if you are > > viewing a bitmap file. why is this so? > > > It's really hard to tell what's wrong... would it be ok if you can somehow > give us a copy of that certain .xls file? > > > -- > [root@localhost /root]# rm -f /bin/laden > > ======================================================================= > > Gideon N. Guillen > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > PGP Public Keys: > > DSS/Diffie-Hellman > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=get%200xC0976975 > > RSA Key: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=get%200x76C298B1 > > ======================================================================= > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
