2007/2/18, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 2/18/07, Alan Frayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > Hi, > > This is just a generic question. It seems that on all my Linux and > > Windows systems Open Office, when I click on an icon for a generic xls > > file that Open Office hasn't seen before, will open it using Writer > > instead of Calc. Why is this? Once I tell it to use Calc it opens the > > next time with Calc, but never the first time. > > > > Am I missing some config option inside of OO to make xls files > > associate by default with Calc and then have this work better? > > > > In Windows the default 'Open with...' association just says > > 'OpenOffice.org 2.0'. > > True xls files should open in Calc automatically. I have no problem with > this in Windows or Linux. If I use Writer to load an xls file, OOo > launches Calc and opens the file. If I tell Windows to default to OOo in > opening an xls file, OOo opens Calc on its own. > > This begs the question of whether the file being opened is really xls, > or is simply a text file with an xls extension. Asking OOo to open a > text file with an xls extension will still result in launching Writer, > because OOo knows the difference. I have seen third-party applications > produce text files with xls extensions, expecting Excel to import the > file into itself. > > Verify that the files are really xls files, and not text files with xls > extensions. You may need to "import" these xls files into Calc, rather > than simply opening them with OOo. > > -- > Alan Frayer Alan, 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. Thanks, Mark
Hello, On OOo with X11 on a Mac, I can't chose which part of OpenOffice.org will be used to work on a file. I only have "Open with OOo 2.1" and that it. The so-called xls in your little zip-file opens in OOo... Writer/web and pretends it's html. Good luck! -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.1 RC 2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and dutch OOo 2.1 RC 1 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
