--- Doug Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joe Marks wrote:
> > --- Dan Lewis <dldlewisedelewisom> wrote:
> >
> >>On Friday 08 April 2005 02:59 pm, Joe Marks wrote:
> >>
> >>>I am using a WindowsXP computer with Firefox and
> >>>Thunderbird I got an E-mail that has a
> >>
> >>OpenOffice spreadsheet .sxc attached. When I
> >
> > download the
> >
> >>>attachment the file does not have any file
> >>
> >>extension
> >>
> >>>(no .sxc or .xxx anything) and it is not in a
> >>>OpenOffice format.
> >>>
> >>>What is the problem?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> This is a guess. What do you have your
> >>preferences set as far as
> >>file extensions are concerned? If you have set
> them
> >>so that file
> >>extensions are not shown (perhaps this is
> default?),
> >> the attachment
> >>will not show an attachment. Another possibility
> is
> >>that it was saved
> >>without a file extension.
> >> Have you opened OOo first and then tried to
> >>open this file using
> >>File > Open or Control+O?
> >>
> >>Dan
> >>
> >
> >>From one source I get Attached .sxw text files
> that
> > work fine. The .sxc spreadsheet attachments comes
> > from another source (another sender). In both
> cases
> > the extensions show up in the original E-mail
> itself
> > When I open the attachments to the E-Mail with the
>
> > .sxw attachemnts, they open fine. When I open the
> > attachments to the E-Mail with the .sxc
> attachments,
> > the .sxc file extension is gone. In both cases I
> used
> > the same opening procedure. With this new
> > information, can anyone say what the problem is?
> >
> > How do I find the file extension preferences to
> see
> > what they are set at?
> >
> > Joe
> >
>
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>
> You need to eliminate a variable because right now
> you're trying to
> correct the problem based on the *assumption* that
> your computer is the
> source of the failure You haven't provided any
> information that
> validates that assumption.
>
> Can you have the party who sends the .sxw files send
> you a spreadsheet
> as well? How about someone else outside the present
> set? (Me, for
> example.) This will tell you a lot more about where
> to look for the
> source of the problem.
>
> What procedure do you use to open the attachments?
> Do you right click
> on the attachment in the T-bird window and select
> Open or do you save it
> to disk first? What happens if you do the opposite
> of whichever
> approach you presently use?
>
> I would like to answer your question about where to
> look, but I don't
> use XP so I'd probably be wrong.
>
> Doug
Please send a E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a .sxc
spreadsheet attached. This sounds like a good place to
start.
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