From: Janina Sajka <janina@afb.net>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Reading Excel Documents under Linux
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:52:01 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201101551300.10775-100000@toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200201101735.g0AHZJg61835@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
I'm using xl2html available at:
http://www.xlhtml.org
It is possible to output to text from this application as well.
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Martin G. McCormick wrote:
> Is there any non graphical utility in Linux or UNIX that
> will read Excel documents? I run up against one of these about
> twice a year or so on a very irregular basis. It is possible to
> use the strings utility on the binary and at least tell what it
> is about, but it totally destroys any formatting and only serves
> to satisfy my curiosity as to what words, etc were in there.
> It's a really dirty way to access it so I am asking if there is
> anything better or if anybody who can tell me about it knows the
> format of an Excel document. If I need to write such a utility,
> I would love to make it freely available so others can use it so
> I don't want to go the non disclosure route at all.
>
> Martin McCormick
>
>
>
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Janina Sajka, Director
Technology Research and Development
Governmental Relations Group
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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` Janina Sajka
` Angelo Sonnesso
Martin G. McCormick
` John J. Boyer
` Henry Yen
` Dave Mielke
` John J. Boyer
` Dave Mielke
` Janina Sajka
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