Thank you for your time and response. It greatly helps to know what to do next. My older office 200 has served me well till now but I have a need to open and edit this xlsx file so I was reluctant to upgrade just for that.
I will try what you suggested. Thanks. --- Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > - -------- Original Message -------- > From: horiuchi frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed 05 Mar 2008 21:26:21 EST > > | Just downloaded open office to see if it could > work inplace of excel > | to open doc I have with .xlsx extension. Seems it > can not and > | wondering if there is an upgrade or what is the > story? > | > | If it is possible I would appreciate someone's > help in doing so. > | Thanks > > The "official" edition of OOo (OpenOffice.org) does > not yet open files > in ".docx" format. As a temporary (or permanent) > option, you might > consider downloading and installing the enhanced > version of OOo called > "Oxygen Office Professional". This is still OOo, but > this edition > includes a number of extras and enhancements, one of > them being the > ability to open MS Office 2007 ".docx, .xlsx" files. > The conversion is > not 100% perfect, but then neither is Microsoft's > own Compatibility Pack > for earlier versions of Word [1]. > > Oxygen Office Professional can be downloaded from: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooop > > It is a fairly large download (approx. twice the > size of the "official" > edition) and you will need to completely uninstall > any current version > of OOo before you install Oxygen Office > Professional. > > [1] > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx > > Hope this helps. > > Dave > > - -- > This is a mailing list which exists to support users > of OpenOffice.org > All answers are given by other users who volunteer > their time. > If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you > may not see all the > replies to your query. Please reply to > [email protected] only. > You should also be aware that all details of > messages posted to this > list are publicly available to anyone with an > Internet connection > For mailing list info see: > http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html > For on-line support see: > http://support.openoffice.org/index.html > For a knowledge base see: > http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - > http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHz4zH7asJm/pW/p8RAj6kAJ9XSb5GXdOnaWD4Uig3Fuo3kyQloACeNxvt > CqAcX8Dy40K7PFo24YGS3Vw= > =Y5w5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
