2008/7/13 Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 12/07/2008 02:30, MARGARET wrote: > >> Hi, On the advice of another Open Office user, I just downloaded it. >> >> My PC crashed and I had someone retrieve data from it. In the meantime I >> got a Mac and now want to load some of the data from the PC. The data I >> want is on a CD and I am unable to import my spreadsheets that have an >> extension of xlr. >> >> Now that Open Office is on the Mac, what are the steps to take to >> copy/transfer the xlr files from the CD to the Mac? Any assistance would be >> greatly appreciated. Many thanks! >> >> Margaret >> > I had never heard of ".xlr" files so I used Google. I found this which may > help you: http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-68409.html > > If you can get the files into Excel format (".xls") then OpenOffice should > be able to open them. Alternatively, see if you can find someone who has > Works installed (you may need to pay) and use it to export the files in > Excel format - I'm pretty sure that's possible. > > Perhaps a Mac expert on this list can provide further help. > > -- > Harold Fuchs > London, England > Please reply *only* to [email protected]
Hello Margaret, I'm afraid that if the xlr files are indeed MS Works that you have a problem, because AFAIK OpenOffice.org doesn't read them. If you can find somebody who saves them as xls (Excel) or doc (Word) files, then OpenOffice.org (Mac, Windows or Linux version, whatever) can work with them. One source says OOo 2.4 opens xlr files: http://filext.com/file-extension/XLR I quote from the users list about another MSWorks format, wps: > > > *.wps files only work with MS Works. They will not work even with MS > > > Word. > > > > Versions of Microsoft word include a plugin on the Office CD that allows > > it to read Works files. This is historically not included in the normal > > install process as it makes the program more buggy. > > <quote> > [...] > There is also a neat workaround for .wps files. If - as it seems - you > are using Windows, you can download and install the free viewer for > Microsoft Word document files from the Microsoft web site. This will > accept and display your Works .wps files. Select all the text and > copy-and-paste it into OpenOffice Writer. This will preserve most of > the formatting, at least. > </quote> > The enhanced version of OOo called Go-OOo claims that it can read MSWorks files... see http://go-oo.org/discover/ ... so all in all, I'd say instal OOo on your Mac (I wouldn't bother with the OOo 2.4.1 version using X11, but go straight for the Aqua beta version OOo 3.0 -- see http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ and more precisely: http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/aqua.html and see whether it will read the xlr files on your CD success! -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua Beta 3.0.0 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo Aqua Beta 3.0.0 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
