On Sat February 18 2006 15:22, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > I'm using OpenOffice.org 2.0 and my question is: > opening the attached Excel file with Gnumeric it is correctly formatted as > a spreadsheet file while OpenOffice.org opens it with Writer instead of > Calc. Any suggestion?
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun February 19 2006 16:09, Jallan wrote: > > This newsgroup generally strips attachments, as it did in this case, at > least as I received your post. > > However, merely guessing, your problem might be the extension on your file. > > If it is a genuine Excel-format file, it should have the suffix .xls and > should then properly open in Calc. If it is instead in some kind of txt > format and has an extension such as .TXT which indicates a text format, > then it will open in Writer. > > To force a text file to be opened in Calc, create a new spreadsheet and > use Insert -> Sheet from file... Or change. the extension of the file > to .csv. > 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]
