Bug 42359 - no data-loss warning when trying to save more than 256 columns to xls format
Summary: no data-loss warning when trying to save more than 256 columns to xls format
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.3.4 release
Hardware: All All
: high normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsDevEval
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Reported: 2011-10-29 00:13 UTC by Tony
Modified: 2015-12-16 22:31 UTC (History)
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New columns added are not saved in .xls format (98.00 KB, application/vnd.ms-excel)
2011-10-29 00:13 UTC, Tony 		Details
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Description Tony 2011-10-29 00:13:52 UTC 
Created attachment 52878 [details]
New columns added are not saved in .xls format

I was adding an extra column to this sheet daily and then saving.

I noticed a couple of days after 20 Oct 2011 that the new daily columns were being discarded with out warning.
Comment 1 Christian Lohmaier 2011-12-29 13:56:29 UTC 
note that when saving to xls format (excel 2003 & earlier), there is no way to preserve any additional columns, as Excel 2003 only supports 256 columns (see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/excel-specifications-and-limits-HP005199291.aspx )

However LO should show a data-loss warning in this case.
Comment 2 Tom Thorogood 2012-03-05 10:38:53 UTC 
The warning appears now. I just downloaded the xls file given, added a column, and tried to save from LO and received a warning that there would be data loss. Should this be marked as closed?
Comment 3 Tony 2012-03-06 00:23:45 UTC 
Sounds good to me.
Comment 4 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-16 22:31:17 UTC 
Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (ProposedEasyHack -> needsDevEval)
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