On Thursday 20 January 2005 00:52, + ivanwee wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > Hi, > > I prepared a spreadsheet using oo1.1.3 and save it as .sxc. It is a shared > file in our server, and it was working fine until someone used microsoft > excel and tried to open it. I think it was corrupted, and all i can see is > alot of unreadable text: > > wÃ8â~Ã_ÂÃÅÂoÂHâà > > I tried opening it again with oo, same result. Any way i repair this > file?
Hi Ivan, As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thursday 20 January 2005 01:33, Hackmiester wrote: > Try this: If the file is foo.sxc (theOO.o extension for a Calc doc), > rename it to foo.xls (the MS extention for a Calc doc) and see if that > opens (it should open in either OO.o or MS Excel). If not, > hmmmmmmmmmmmm. If they saved it as an XL doc then it would be a .xls, > but OO.o would be trying to read it as a .sxc > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:18:33 +1100, Jonathon Coombes > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Ivan, > > > > It does not sound good. I am guessing they may have accidently > > save it as MS Excel or something similar. I would try and open > > the file in Winzip to see if that works. If not, then you have > > bigger problems. If it does work, then you are close to home in > > getting your file back. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
