[PLUG] OpenOffice

Marvin J. Kosmal lamsokvr at xprt.net
Thu Sep 25 00:39:02 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 00:30, Brent Rieck wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 23:52, Brent Rieck wrote:
> > ahh, first open up a new spreadsheet (File-> New-> Spreadsheet) then
> > from the spreadsheet window try opening your file.
> 
> nevermind that - I had expected OpenOffice to do the right thing and not
> pay attention to file extensions, but I was wrong, not the first time.
> 
> I guess the only reason to use OO is that it's free, as it seems to suck
> as much as MS Office.
> 
> Rename your file to some "spreadsheet-like" extention - .csv or
> something and then try opening it..
> 
> --Brent



As it turns out  kspread will do the job..

So I will use kspread.

Thanks

Every day is another chance to learn..  8^)
I learned something.  <Good day for me>

Thanks again for the interest.
 
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Marvin J. Kosmal
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