[ubuntu-za] OLE object in OOO Spreadsheet

[Robin Bownes]

On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 15:02 +0200, Ewald Horn wrote:

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> On 12 March 2010 14:49, Robin Bownes <robin at ncedatrust.org.za> wrote:
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>         Hi All, 
>         
>         While I appreciate the levity and philosophising, and while
>         this thread has received more responses than for any other
>         question that I've posted, these responders are actually
>         making no effort what so ever to assist with what is a real
>         and quite serious problem.
>         
>         Is there anyone out there that can actually assist with the
>         problem as stated in my original email. (repeated below)
>         
>         Thanks.
>         
>         Robin
>         
> 
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> Hi Robin.
> 
> When asking questions like this, it is often usefull to include,
> amongst other things, the versions of software you are using, for
> example, which version of OpenOffice are you using? Have you tried the
> latest release? What format is the Excel spreadsheet, .xls or .xlsx?
> Could we (who do not use/have Excel) get a sample file somewhere?
> 
> All of this might just make it easier to help you.
> 
> Incidently, with OpenOffice 3.2 on my machine it opens a .xlsx
> document with a PDF file embedded with no problems.
> 
> Regards
> Ewald

Hi Ewald, 

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 & OpenOffice 3.1 (I have just downloaded what I
thought was the latest version - didn't know there was a 3.2) (all
machines in question). The spreadsheet is in .xls format. I have
attached an anonymised (lekker woord ne) version of the file.

Thanks.

Robin
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