Thanks for the hints, but I have already done all those things. The default Archive Manager in Ubuntu 12.04 is fileroller, and from the error messages generated, it seems to use gzip for the compress/uncompress. I'm beginning to think that the file may not be compressed. Next is to try gedit directly.
Thanks again, but if I don't make some progress LO will get replaced with OO. Paul >________________________________ > From: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 5:01 AM >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file > >On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 19:23 -0700, Paul Schwartz wrote: >> ________________________________ >> > From: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> >> >To: [email protected] >> >Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 8:02 PM >> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file >> > >> >On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 21:20 -0400, Jay Lozier wrote: >> >> Paul, >> >> >> >> On 05/07/2012 07:11 PM, Paul Schwartz wrote: >> >> > I recently installed Libre Office [default on a new Ubuntu 12.04 >> >> > install]. I have a file that opens fine with Open Office but generates >> >> > a Read error with Libre Office. >> >> > >> >> > Any clues on how to solve this problem? >> >> > >> >> > TIA >> >> > >> >> > Paul Schwartz >> >> > >> >> What is the error message? Also, can you post the file on Nabble so >> >> someone can try to find the problem. >> >> >> >> A possible work around is to unzip the ods file to recover the xml data >> >> file and then open that in LO. I forget what the default Ubuntu archive >> >> utility is. >> >> >> > >> >Neither gunzip nor fileroller/Archive Manager work. gunzip says >> > >> > gunzip STOCKS.ods >> >gzip: STOCKS.ods: unknown suffix -- ignored >> > >> >Archive Manger says >> > >> >Could not open "STOCKS.ods" >> > >> >Archive type not supported. >> > >> >I tried changing the name to temp.zip; same thing. >> > >> >Paul >> > >> >> -- >> >> Jay Lozier >> >> [email protected] >> > >> > >> > The name is Archive Manager, and the file name is fileroller. >> > >> >--Dan > > To change the name of the file, right click STOCKS.ods. Click >Rename from the popup menu. Use the End key to move the cursor to the >end of STOCKS.ods. Use the back arrow to remove "ods". Enter zip in its >place. You should not see STOCKS.zip. If you do, type Enter. Now apply >gzip to it. > >--Dan > > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
