On 03/09/2008 12:23 PM, Clifford Arnold wrote: > Thanks, a lot better than Sun's program whcih cannot handle wk.123 > files. For your info, you still need to set a preference in Symphony to > translate wk.123 files. When that preference is set, wk.123 files open > but some cells containing dates as numbers in the original file have a > Bt symbol following a number in the cell which requires you to reformat > the cell as a date. Until you reformat these cells any reference to > that cell in another cell give you the Error message. > >
That is incorrect. OpenOffice.org *can indeed* open Lotus 1-2-3 wk1, wks, and 123 files. However, there were/are some issues with OOo 2.3.1 and 123 files. I believe most, if not all have been resolved in the soon-to-be-released OOo 2.4.0. For example, the test 123 file in this bug report will not open in OOo 2.3.1, but opens just fine in the OOo 2.4.0rc4 version that I am testing. So, you can stay with Lotus Symphony, or watch the http://www.openoffice.org/ for the new OOo 2.4. Added Note: Lotus Symphony is based on OpenOffice.org & actually uses an older version of OOo. -- You have been cc'd on this post as you have posted to an open OOo mailing list. Please see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for details and how to subscribe or view the archives so that you may see responses from other OOo users. Please *only* reply to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
