2010/1/18 Bob Williams <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I'm using OpenOffice 3.1.1 on openSUSE 11.2. A lot of my correspondents are > stuck with MS Office, so I'm having to save a spreadsheet I've created in .xls > format. I chose Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP as a good compromise, but when I > re-open the file in OOo it is in Microsoft Excel 5.0 format. > > I've had to resort to using Microsoft Excel XP in Vista in a VirtualBox VM, > just to edit this one little file, which is definitely a sledgehammer for a > nut, as the VM requires half my 4GB RAM to run :( I would rather use OOo on my > linux box. > > Any suggestions?
If the receiver is not supposed to edit the document, export to PDF. If editing should be possible, use the ISO/IEC 26300:2006 format (ODF) and thee the receiver to install an ODF plugin to their MS Office suites. Regards Johnny Rosenberg > > Bob > -- > Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 > GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E > openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop, KDE 4.3.4 > Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9200GS > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
