Hi :) You are welcome to post it as a bug. One of the drop-down menus lets you choose "enhancement request" or something if you want https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Michael Wu <m...@tercel.com.tw> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 29 March 2013, 1:13 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem > >Jay Lozier 提到: >> On 03/28/2013 01:23 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >>> Hi :) >>> So it meant that instead of discovering a bug with LibreOffice it was >>> a discovered problem with the 3rd party's website and their strange >>> way of setting up their downloads. >>> >>> The question was whether reporting a bug against LibreOffice might >>> improve LibreOffice's handling of Xls files but the answer to that is >>> just "No" and that solves the problem. >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >> IMHO it not necessarily a bug but certainly a feature request. >Because I can open the downloaded xls and csv file with gnumeric without >problem, maybe something in LibreOffice is needed to be checked. > >Regards from > >Michael >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Tim Lloyd <tim.ll...@gmx.com> >>>> To: nvrk <nvrk.89...@gmail.com> >>>> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org >>>> Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 3:23 >>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] calc problem >>>> >>>> It was not a matter of preferences. It was because calc could not >>>> open a >>>> .XLS file. On further investigation it was found that it is not an XLS >>>> file hence the problem >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> On 03/28/2013 01:48 PM, nvrk wrote: >>>>> 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 <m...@tercel.com.tw> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Tim Lloyd <tim.ll...@gmx.com >>>>>>>> <mailto:tim.ll...@gmx.com>> 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: >>>>>> 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
