[ubuntu-za] OLE object in OOO Spreadsheet

[Tanja Valkin]

Hi all
I've been following this list (vaguely) for some time now because I'm very interested in linux. I'm detecting an interesting social trend. Here's my question............Guys, it's Friday so please dont take this too seriously...................... 

Why is it that you Ubuntu dudes want to put Ubuntu onto your sister-in-laws/girlfriends/mothers/wives computers?  Are you trying to impress the lady because Ubuntu is so pretty & you're so clever? And then you have to email the list because you broke it & she's cross with you? Why not your male family members computers? I dont think that I've ever seen a posting about one of you guys putting linux onto a "male" computer. Are you guys too scared that you'll get klapped if you break it? 
Cheers

Tanja


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin Bownes 
  To: ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 11:50 AM
  Subject: [ubuntu-za] OLE object in OOO Spreadsheet


  Hi All, 

  I hope that you can help. My sister-in-law, whom I recently migrated to Ubuntu and OpenOffice is experiencing the following problem. 

  She is an accountant who receives spreadsheets from various companies. One company embeds a scan of an actual statement into a cell of the spreadsheet (.tif file) as an OLE object. The spreadsheet in question was set up, by the company, in Excel, and is sent to her in that format. In Excel, one just double clicks on the OLE object to open it in the default graphics viewer. However, in OpenOffice Spreadsheet, there is no "link" to the OLE object. Double clicking on the place-holder (a rectangle) for the OLE object does nothing. It would seem that the embedding process is semi-automated within Excel by use of the =embed() function (gather this by looking at file in Excel on a Windows machine). My current guess is that OpenOffice does not have (cannot find it), and is unable to use this function.

  If I cannot find a solution to this problem, my sister-in-law will have to revert to a Microsoft system, as this forms an important aspect of the work she does for this company. Is there an add-in, setting, etc. that we can use?

  Please help. Thanks.

  Robin 


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