[PLUG] Suitable-to-task Debian spreadsheet software

[Nat Taylor]

There's a Debian repo for OnlyOffice.  It's also available via flatpak or
AppImage or snap.
https://guides.onlyoffice.com/installation/desktop-install-ubuntu.aspx

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> 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
>