Thanks, Bill. After trying a few things, I discovered that this file
doesn't open in Windows using M$ Office either, so there's something
wrong with it. I had moved 3 files from Windows to my Mac to work on
them, and that's where I noticed the problem. The other two files had
opened fine on the Windows machine but I guess I hadn't checked this
third one. My hint (inspired by your reply) was that TextEdit on a Mac
thought the file was empty except for two blank lines. That program can
usually open any file, so there was clearly something odd going on.
Carl
On 3/10/15 5:09 AM, William Drago wrote:
Just because a file has a .xls extension does not mean it's actually a
spreadsheet file. I'd open the file in a text editor to make sure it's
not an HTML file. Also, if you think it's being treated as a .doc
file, then I'd rename it .doc and then try opening it.
-Bill
On 3/9/2015 2:08 PM, cpaulsen10 wrote:
LibreOffice is trying to open a recent file with the extension .xls
as if it were a .doc file. When opened directly (by saving the file
to the hard drive then double clicking it) I get an error that says
"this page uses frames but your browser doesn't support them" and I
get only text-style menus and tools. I'm NOT trying to open this in
a browser and there's no browser involved when trying to open it.
This file was originally generated by Salesforce, which often saves
it as if it were an html/web file. But with a save-as operation in
MS Excel, the file saves correctly as a spreadsheet file (.xls). I'm
using MS Office 2007, so it's not a new file type, and I've had no
problems in the past.
Any idea what is happening? I've tried opening a blank spreadsheet
and inserting from a file, but no luck. Nothing happens when I do that.
Thanks,
Carl
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