Created attachment 49704 [details]
example file

The file was created in Calc with copy/paste from Excel

Reproduced on LibreOffice 3.4  340m1(Build:103) for OpenSuse Linux.

Very strange. The cells have no color fill, yet appear red. I suppose this means that Excel displays the cells correctly.

(In reply to comment #2)
> Reproduced on LibreOffice 3.4  340m1(Build:103) for OpenSuse Linux.
> 
> Very strange. The cells have no color fill, yet appear red. I suppose this
> means that Excel displays the cells correctly.

Yes: first row has an yellow background, the rest of have no background color.

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re tested with 3.5 beta2. The problem is still present

Created attachment 78675 [details]
excel condition

Created attachment 78676 [details]
calc condition

This is because of the underlying condition in the excel document. But I don't understand the logic of this condition.

Markus I assign this to you, feel free to change.

This is the condition:

"Format only cells with" - "Cell value" - "unequal"

=INDIRECT("Dummy_for_Comparison!"&ADRESS(ROW();COLUMN()))

Seems Markus is not working on this. Freeing the bug.