[PLUG] Suitable-to-task Debian spreadsheet software

[Russell Senior]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at access.net> wrote:
>
> I found a USDA published spreadsheet[1] [in xlsx format] containing
> needed data. I saved it to a local directory with no problems.
>
> I copied it to another directory to prevent accidents.
> I opened it - Debian defaulted to LibreOffice Calc.
> I tried to save it [unedited] to file2.xlsx. Got dire warning and
> suggestion to save in ODF format.

What did the dire warning say?

Perhaps the warning did not apply to your use case. You could try
saving to either the original format, or ods, or both, and then reopen
it to see if it all survived.

If you don't need to send the file back to anyone, but your problem is
only one of ingestion, why does the save format matter?

-- 
Russell Senior
russell at personaltelco.net