On 2/18/07, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 02/18/2007 11:59 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi. Indeed you make a good point. I'm not sure what constitutes a
> correctly formatted XLS file but I suspect that this one is not since
> it is readable in a Linux text editor. Looks more like some form of
> XML or something more generic.
>
> I've attached a zipped copy along with this email. It's only 7K so
> not a big burden to anyone. If the attachment survives the list's
> email server then you can look at it yourself.
>
> I have no problem opening these files if I right click and tell
> whatever OS I'm on to use scalc. I can then copy and paste the data
> into the 2nd spreadsheet I keep with this data week by week. I Was
> just looking for how to make it a bit faster.
>
>
The file is a proper xls and opens just fine (2.1 linux) for me in calc.
Your problem is your OS file associations.
OK, my Gnome associations don't seem to do that for me so I added a
specific scalc association. Now at least I can right click and have
that one at the top of the list. Still if I double click it Gnome
tells me the file type is Excel but the file is text and won't open it
directly. Not too big a deal.
> In Windows the default 'Open with...' association just says
> 'OpenOffice.org 2.0'.
Change the association to scalc. Currently your associations are set for
soffice. soffice *always* opens writer as the default.
OK, so that worked also. I just thought under Windows that OO would be
a bit smarter about it's known associations by file type but I guess
not. Not a problem. I changed what Windows believe the association is
and now new files seem to open correctly.
Thanks,
Mark
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