Created attachment 182453 [details] HTML Excel Workbook An HTML file (labelled internally as ExcelWorksheet) with an xls extension opened in Calc does not import all the table data unless the filter "HTML Document (Calc) (.html, .xhtml, .htm)" is explicitly chosen. Double-clicking the file opens in Calc with only one cell visible. If the extension is renamed .odt it opens in Writer with all data visible. The same file opens correctly in Excel 2010 although with warning about incorrect extensions; apparently later versions of Excel open it without complaint. This problem arises in Ask.LibreOffice https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/xls-file-does-not-open-in-libre-calc-but-opens-in-google-sheets/81770 An average user is unlikely to investigate every filter option, especially not to the 70th filter in the list. The original questioner in Ask.LibreOffice appears to have not found the filter although it is explicitly mentioned in one comment and in one answer. Can the filter selection be made easier? Or made automatic as the name Excel Worksheet is included inside the file?
Repro Arch Linux 64-bit, X11 Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: b63bffc2bb5a68d1f21e4035dde9a60429c9173c CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Built on 16 February 2023
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Bug still present. User has to select the file and then select the filter because once the filter is selected then the file is no longer visible. Version 4.0.0.3 (can't parallel install v3) & Version: 25.2.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: bbb074479178df812d175f709636b368952c2ce3 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-NZ (en_NZ); UI: en-GB Calc: CL threaded & Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 6042e60d69c40d1f307710e60a278cb286d68603 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-NZ (en_NZ); UI: en-GB Calc: CL threaded