Thanks for your explanation. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eike Rathke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Brian Slack > Subject: Re: [users] Can't open Excel Workbooks (.xlw) > > Hi Kirill, > > On Monday, 2006-10-16 23:29:17 +0400, Kirill S. Palagin wrote: > > > I just checked - OO2.0.4 seems to open .xlw just fine, so > no need to > > convert. > > Well, yes and no.. the .xlw import is a quite rudimentary > Biff4 import, as old .xlw files were more a faked container > of single sheet files of legacy Excel versions. While the > filter imports content like numbers and formulas, formats and > other attribution may be missing. So to be on the safe side > it is better to convert the files using Excel first. Newer > .xlw files created with recent Excel versions contain a > "workspace set" > of currently opened documents instead and aren't handled. > > Eike > > -- > OOo/SO Calc core developer. Number formatter stricken i18n > transpositionizer. > Please don't send personal mail to this [EMAIL PROTECTED] account, > which I use for mailing lists only and don't read from > outside Sun, use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] account instead if really needed. > Thanks. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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