On 03/07/2011 06:05 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 16:43 -0700, [email protected] > wrote: >> I'm running Windows XP with Oo 3.3 >> >> Can anyone tell me where I can get a converter to change a Calc ODS as an >> XLS file for Excel 2003 or 2007? >> >> In Ubuntu 10.04 the Oo I have will convert to 2003 xls. >> >> With 3.3 the only option is to save the ODS as an Excel 2000 XLS. >> > > The format for Excel 2003 is .xml not xls. If I remember correctly > all of the Office programs used .xml as their format(Word XML, etc.). > Calc allows you to save a spreadsheet to > Microsoft Excel 2003 XML (.xml). This is near the bottom of File type > dropdown list in the Save As dialog. I don't see Excel 2007 in this list > though.
Actually the format for Excel 2003 is xls by default *not* xml. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_XML_formats @ [email protected] In OOo File|Save As|Save as type: - Microsoft Word 2003 XML (.xml) However, expect an error in attempting to save in that format: Error savind the document <documentname>: Write Error, The file could not be written. If the file has frames or fontwork objects. Example: http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87335 [ WordML: Export of Fontwork objects to "MS Word 2003 XML" does not work] Also see: <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/File_formats> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=openoffice+%2BMicrosoft+Word+2003+XML+%2B"The+file+could+not+be+written"&btnG=Search> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] with Subject: help
