Is there a reason why the .xls file version is preferred to the .csv version from the afr.com site? nvsoar
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Michael Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, before I log this as a bug I would like to know whether anyone > > > has seen it before/potential fix identified. > > > > > > I normally use Fedora linux and I download (.XLS) share tables > > > from a financial newspaper here in Oz. Yesterday I inadvertently > > > clicked on the wrong table by accident and tried to open it. Calc > > > locked up! No problem with the files I normally look at, Calc > > > opened them fine. > > > > > > So I tried again today and waited for an error - "LibreOffice > > > 4.0.1.2 General input/output error". So I hopped over to the > > > windows PC and tried LO portable. Same error. The error was > > > repeated whether I tried to open directly from the website or if I > > > saved to disk and then attempted to open the file. MS Excel has no > > > problems. > > > > > > The file in question is accessible using this link: > > > > > > http://www.afr.com/share_tables/ > > > > > > Just click on the xls link next to "Warrant Market" > > > > > > Any comments? > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > Hi Tim, > > Since you use Fedora Linux, maybe you can try gnumeric as a temporary > alternative. > > Hope it helps and regards, > > Michael > > -- > 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
