On 27 November 2013 09:10, Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk wrote:
Or, more specifically, I couldn't open the original .xml document or the attachment from an email.
Can you clarify which file type you saved in?
You said spreadsheet so I assume either LibreOffice's default Open Document Format (file with a .ods extension), Excel's not-really-open-but-we-like-to-pretend-it-is format (.xlsx, I think?) or Excel's older format (.xls). I believe you can save as .xml (ie an XML file) but that would be unusual (if it's a genuine XML file then any web browser such as Firefox should be able to open it), and having done so it probably wouldn't really qualify as a being a "spreadsheet" any more. However, an XML attachment in an email might well "confuse" TBird.
Of-course the file extension is only a guide to what the file contains, so it's quite possible you have one of these (or other) formats with an (incorrect) .xml file extension. From a Linux terminal the "file" command should tell you what the file content actually is without being fooled by the file extension: $file myTest.ods myTest.ods: OpenDocument Spreadsheet
$mv myTest.ods myTest.xml
$file myTest.xml myTest.xml: OpenDocument Spreadsheet
What sort of error do you get trying to open it in LibreOffice?
If the content isn't sensitive and you have access to somewhere you can upload it, post a link and I'm sure someone can guide you further. (If you can't upload it somewhere, feel free to email it to me off list and I'll have a look, and upload it and post a link for others to look at it if I can't help.)