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I have an Excel 2003 (.xls) spreadsheet that I created on my Windows box. I tried to open it on Open Office's Calc program, and it looks like all the cell values / formatting is indeed there.

Yet, for some reason, all the comments that are in the cells appear to be white text on yellow background -- which makes them impossible to read.

Any hints how to fix this bug? (I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS)

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Does the same thing happen with the latest version of LibreOffice? They're essentially the same thing, but LibreOffice is the non-Oracle-owned, open source one. – jozzas May 23 '11 at 4:24
Yes, the same problem is with LibreOffice. Any ideas? – user11833 May 23 '11 at 17:06
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Have you tried saving it as an Excel 97/2000/XP compatible file? I find that they generally work much better with LibreOffice. – jozzas May 23 '11 at 23:17
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@user11833 You should probably report this bug so the devs can work on a fix. – WarriorIng64 Sep 8 '11 at 1:54
Do you still get this issue? – RolandiXor♦ Sep 23 '11 at 2:23

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Please report this bug so it can be fixed:

How do I report a bug?

The LibreOffice team I'm sure would be keen to solve the issue for you.

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