On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Dick Hoffman <old...@ix.netcom.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I downloaded a fairly large spreadsheet from this location
>> > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
>> > but when I try to open it with AOO the progress line shows about a
>> quarter
>> > of it being loaded and then AOO stalls and I have to use the Task
>> Manager to
>> > cancel soffice. This is using AOO 4.0 on a Windows XP Pro/SP3 system. Any
>> > suggestions as to what might be wrong will be appreciated.
>> > Dick Hoffman
>>
>>
>> Hi Dick,
>>
>> I can confirm the problem you report with AOO 4.0.0.   But I then
>> tried with AOO 4.0.1, a newer version which should be officially
>> released soon.  It was able to load that XLSX file.  It was slow, but
>> it did fully open.  When I saved it as an ODS file, OpenOffice's
>> native format, subsequent opens were much faster.
>>
>> I can send you the ODS version if you want.  Or you can try again with
>> AOO 4.0.1 once that releases.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>
> @Rob -- what OS are you using, given Julian's comment on this as well.
>

Windows 7, 32-bit.

> I tried 4.0.1., Linux-32, and well basically gave up at the (about) 25%
> load status.

For me it "stopped" there as well.  I took a phone call, and when I
checked again the document was open.  Check your CPU and see if it is
still showing the soffice process as active.

-Rob


> I will try again.
>
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