Hi Jonny, On Monday 18 Jan 2010 18:17:47 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > 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. > Both good suggestions, but 1) some receivers will need to edit the spreadsheet, and 2) there are currently 28 receivers, and rising. I would like to persuade them all to use *.odf, but don't hold much hope. Still, it may be worth a try.
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