Just in case others might have the same problem: I used OO to save my file in .xls. LO would then open it successfully, and I could save it back to .ods [which both OO and LO could open].
HTH somebody. Paul >________________________________ > From: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 11:57 AM >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file > >Hi :) >That is where i get completely stuck, especially if i can see the xml. >Luckily my text editor can be switched from reading "Plain text" to "html/css" >which just about covers xml too so at least i can roughly work out which bits >are the texts. With no xml at all or very little then i would be very stuck. > >Is everything in Csv format with commas between columns and a new-line for a >new row? If so then copy&paste sounds like one possible but messy route! > >Tbh if OpenOffice can deal with this file and LO can't then i would recommend >either having both installed or just going back to OpenOffice for a while. >They are so similar in code-base and ideals that it's not worth struggling. >Of course LO is better but you can always try it again at some point in the >future to see if it is better for you, your machine and your files > >Aaargh, i have just upgraded this machine and can't get back into Seamonkey >and all my lovely links! I tried hunting for the page on installing multiple >instances of LibreOffice but couldn't find it :( >Regards from >Tom :) > > > > >--- On Tue, 8/5/12, Paul Schwartz <pmjs1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >From: Paul Schwartz <pmjs1...@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file >To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> >Date: Tuesday, 8 May, 2012, 16:43 > >OK. The file is not compressed, but how do I find the xml stuff. There is a >fair amount of plain text separated by many \00 and other things in red. > >Tutorial anyone? > >Paul > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Paul Schwartz <pmjs1...@yahoo.com> >>To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 9:30 AM >>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Read error on .ods file >> >>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 <elderdanle...@gmail.com> >>>To: users@global.libreoffice.org >>>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 <elderdanle...@gmail.com> >>>> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >>>> >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 >>>> >> jsloz...@gmail.com >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > 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: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >>>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: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >>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: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >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: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >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: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
