> Christian Einfeldt wrote: <SNIP> > > > > I now have a vexing problem that is posing a rather serious obstacle to that > > migration. The problem is a massive .xls spreadsheet that the school uses to > > track the students' behavioral development, meaning do they do their > > homework, do they arrive to school on time, do they participate in classes, > > are they misbehaving, and so forth. This document, called the "paychecks" > > Excel spreadsheet, is reported every two weeks. This spreadsheet is a > > mission-critical tool for the school. We will not be able to move the > > school to FOSS unless we are able to convince the principal that OOo can > > handle this mission-critical document. > > <SNIP>
Is there a chance that the slowness is a conversion from Excel to OO scalc format each time the document is opened? What happens if you open the spreadsheet (slowly) and then save it as a native Open Office document? How fast does it open the new copy? Good luck with what you are trying to do. It's exciting and I'm sure everyone here would love to see you be successful. Cheers, Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
