OpenOffice spreadsheet won't open?!?

[Hermann-Josef Beckers]

Hi Lonnie,

> Last week, I was working on a spreadsheet (originally created in Excel
> by someone else) in OpenOffice-1.0.2, and saved it in Excel-2000 format.
>   Today, OpenOffice refuses to open it, with an 'unrecognized file type'
> error. 

from a german OOo-list:

>from the Knoppix-Changelog.txt as of  16.05.2003:
>"[...]
> - UNSOLVED: The official OpenOffice 1.0.3.1 version from
>openoffice.org
>  can't export Tables in Excel2000/XP(TM) format, but crashes on the
>  attempt in Debian/testing (probably a library problem). Workaround:
>  Use the compatible 95 format for exports, or just save in native
>  OpenOffice spreadsheet format.
[...]"

I know, the versions differ, but maybe it gives a hint.

Yours
hjb