Hi Dave:
Thanks, I may try that. I resorted to uninstalling OOo. It appears that it
has done something to the existing xls files that Sharepoint doesn't like. So
even when the files are xls files, Sharepoint won't play with them once OOo
has been installed--even when *not* used. FYI in case anyone else encounters
this little headache. In this Case OOo is the culprit to my thinking.

Thanks, Germaine

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Maybe you can have excel "steal" that extension back:

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

(Although, I've never used Sharepoint...)

Bettergains wrote:

Hello:

I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying
to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error
something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error
although the file is an xls file. Help.

Thanks, Germaine

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Dave Peterson