Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 107983
error 508 when importing Excel .doc files with external links
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:51:08 UTC
Original doc saved using Microsoft Excel 2000 (9.0.3821 SR-1) and the link works! It applies to all external links. Cell in original .doc format is ='C:\My Documents\EXCEL\Accnt708\BK708.XLS'!Balance When opened by Open Office version 3.1.1 it becomes =#NAME!Balance i.e All the file information is lost. (Error:508 is displayed on the spreadsheet) This makes the transition to Open Office extremely difficult if you are using a lot of external lnks and we would be extremely grateful if you could please remedy the problem. Many thanks David
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