On Fri January 6 2006 15:56, + Alex Gettinby wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Hi. > > I tried using version 2 (Using Open Office.org Calc - Is that the right one > for Ods file?), Yes.
> But now it comes up with this slightly different message > when I try to open existing spreadsheet: > > Read-Error. > Format error discovered in the file in sub-document content.xml at > 2,8459(row,col). > > Any other suggestions please? As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sat January 7 2006 04:26, David Chapman wrote: > Having worked through and resolved a similar problem today, allow me to > make a > comment. > > The XML file is corrupted. Upgrading OOo to 2.0.1 is good suggestion but it > will probably still not be able to read the XML file. > > Cyrille Moureaux was kind enough to give this advice earlier... > > >The one thing you can do is manually forcing an extraction of the > >contents of the ods or sxc file (considering it as a zip file, which is > >what it is) into a directory, then editing the file content.xml that > >will be there to have a look at what's on the 4425th character of the > >2nd line (unfortunately, by default there are only two lines in any XML > >output by OOo, so you're probably better off doing this with an > >understanding editor that lets you access a given character offset in > >the file). You can also try and open this file with an XML editor which > >could tell you what the problem is. > > If (like me) you're on XP, double clicking on the xml file will get MS to > parse/display it and the error message is a bit more helpful than OOo Calc. > 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]
