2013/9/26 Dick Hoffman <old...@ix.netcom.com> > On 9/25/2013 7:54 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Dick Hoffman <old...@ix.netcom.com> >> wrote: >> >> I downloaded a fairly large spreadsheet from this location >>> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/****clementschecklist/download/<http://www.birds.cornell.edu/**clementschecklist/download/> >>> <h**ttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/**clementschecklist/download/<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 >>> >>> ------------------------------****----------------------------** >>> --**--------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@openoffice.****apache.org< >>> users-unsubscribe@**openoffice.apache.org<users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> >>> > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@openoffice.apache.****org< >>> users-help@openoffice.**apache.org <users-h...@openoffice.apache.org>> >>> >>> >>> No suggestions and yes AOO 4.0.x has a problem with it. I downloaded >> it as >> well. I hope it doesn't contain personal data. If it does, I will delete >> it. >> >> On the other hand, if it doesn't, can we use it as an attachment to an >> issue? >> >> This would be helpful to troubleshoot this problem. >> Thanks. >> >> The spreadsheet at the Cornell site doesn't contain any personal data; > it can be used for troubleshooting purposes, or any other. I've had various > suggestions and received several remedies. To summarize: the .xlsx file can > apparently be read in OO 3.1.1 (someone who was able to do so saved it as a > .ods and sent it on to me); the .xlsx file apparently can be read in AOO > 4.0.1 (someone who was able to do so offered to save it as a .ods and send > it on to me); yes, the .csv file can be taken into AOO or Excel to create > an equivalent spreadsheet but you lose the color coding that is in the > .xlsx which helps when scrolling through the data and the references from > the second sheet of the .xlsx file don't seem to be present in the .csv > file. I now have a version of the Cornell file in .ods format that serves > my purposes. Thanks to all of you for your comments and suggestions. What a > great group of people you are! > Dick Hoffman > Cleveland Heights, OH
​Dick, it takes about ten seconds to launch this file in LibreOffice 4.1.1.2 on my machine running 64-bit Linux Mint 15.... Henri
