• Registered: 2022-11-17
  • Posts: 18

Topic: OpenOffice vs shipbuilder

Yesterday, I spotted a weird bug concerning OpenOffice calc and the shipbuilder.xlt: The Batteries aren't added to the Drake Notation unless I rewrite (aka cut and paste it back) one of the respective fields (starting from E8). If have to do this every single time I open the file, whether I saved the changes or not.

Strangely, I can't replicate this bug with .xls-files made by the shipbuilder. But luckily, converting the shipbuilder into an .ots-file fixes the problem - but converting this file back into .xlt results in the same problem all over again...

  • Registered: 2006-07-24
  • Posts: 158

Re: OpenOffice vs shipbuilder

Open Office has some minor differences from Microsoft that cause some "excel" programs to work differently, or in some cases not at all.

  • Registered: 2005-06-08
  • Posts: 760

Re: OpenOffice vs shipbuilder

Sorry, I just have to ask.
Why save it as a .xlt file?
I have always posted the shipyard as a .xls file to work with excel and openoffice.

Which shipbuilder are you using?

Paul

  • Registered: 2022-11-17
  • Posts: 18

Re: OpenOffice vs shipbuilder

@PSYCO829:

This doesn't explain how I can get it to work if I retype a specific field every single time I open it. Saving the change (if you can call it, since I don't make any changes to the formular) won't fix it, either.

@OldnGrey:

I use the official shipbuilder, which is a .xlt file. And even converting it into .xls doesn't solve the problem. This is really confusing since, as stated above, ship designs clearly made with shipbuilder.xlt work perfectly fine.