<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.1"> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 17:34 +0200, Hannes Coetzee wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On 14/03/2010 17:00, Robin Bownes wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 11:07 +0200, Tim Johnson wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Does this article help? <A HREF="http://linuxtopia.org/online_books/office_guides/microsoft_office_to_openoffice_migration/openoffice_migration_Object_Linking_and_Embedding_%28OLE%29_0602MG-SharingFilesWithMSOUsers.html">http://linuxtopia.org/online_books/office_guides/microsoft_office_to_openoffice_migration/openoffice_migration_Object_Linking_and_Embedding_(OLE)_0602MG-SharingFilesWithMSOUsers.html</A> -- Using Ubuntu 9.10 and Opera 10 </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks Tim, I did look at it, and unfortunately, although all of my settings are just as they specify here, Calc can still not even properly convert the OLE object, never-mind open it. Did get my hopes up for a moment though. Unfortunately looking like we'll be losing an Ubuntu convert back to MS due to this since this is something that she will have to be able to do on an ongoing basis for this company </BLOCKQUOTE> Another option - If the box can handle it (1GB+ RAM) run Windows in Virtualbox or VMWare. </BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks Hannes, Have considered that option, but would still mean buying MS Office, etc. The MS Office installed on this PC was from this person's previous life in corporate employment - they are now self-employed. One of the main reasons that they chose to go Linux was the fact that they would not have to buy Office. If she is forced into having to purchase and run Office, then there is really no point in her running Ubuntu. Robin </BODY> </HTML>