Issue 86216 - Increase the Excel spreadsheet compabilty based on Microsoft's documents
Summary: Increase the Excel spreadsheet compabilty based on Microsoft's documents
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: open-import (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: spreadsheet
QA Contact: issues@sc
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs...
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Blocks: 86205
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Reported: 2008-02-19 08:09 UTC by kami911
Modified: 2008-07-15 10:26 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description kami911 2008-02-19 08:09:52 UTC 
Microsoft has released documentation about their fileformats. I hope it will
help us to improve the import/exprot cabability of Microsoft Documents.

Excel 97-2007 Binary File Format (.xls) Specification:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/B/E/0BE8BDD7-E5E8-422A-ABFD-4342ED7AD886/Excel97-2007BinaryFileFormat(xls)Specification.pdf

Excel 2007 Binary File Format (.xlsb) Specification:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/B/E/0BE8BDD7-E5E8-422A-ABFD-4342ED7AD886/Excel2007BinaryFileFormat(xlsb)Specification.pdf


Specifications for other components:
http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx
Specifications for supporting technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/supportingtechnologies.mspx


License: Microsoft Open Specification Promise
(http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx)
Comment 1 kyoshida 2008-02-20 00:39:52 UTC 
KAMI,

We are well aware of that, and you don't need to file an issue for it.  Filing
one doesn't magically improve Calc's compatibility with Excel.

P.S. Yes, I already have downloaded it a minute after the announcement.  In
fact, I was impatiently looking for this since Brian Jones promised it in his blog.
Comment 2 kyoshida 2008-02-20 00:40:42 UTC 
s/looking/waiting/g - typo
Comment 3 oc 2008-07-15 10:26:57 UTC 
closed as invalid