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I am currently using LibreOffice to read Excel/sheet files. I am trying to work with a large data file, but LibreOffice is always lagging and bugging. These files have no problem when I work with Excel on Windows.

Does anyone have any recommendations for Excel file processing software on Ubuntu 22.04?

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    MSOOXML (.xlsx) is a notoriously vague standard, and nobody outside Microsoft knows how that vagueness is handled, despite a decade of LibreOffice developers trying hard. In other words, it may be an Excel bug, deliberate or not. If so, then other Linux applications won't help -- you are experiencing vendor lock-in.
    – user535733
    Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 17:30

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You have some options:

  1. Use ods files instead of Excel files.

  2. Install MS Excel using playonlinux. It makes sense to install not the latest MS Office. Older ones work much better with playonlinux.

  3. Install WPS Office. It seems to work better with MS files than Libreoffice.

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  • Excel Online exists, use the web browser, works for I believe free for basic usage and such.
    – Thomas Ward ♦
    Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 16:22
  • I am not sure it works well with big files.
    – Pilot6
    Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 16:22
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The first spreadsheet tool that comes to my mind is gnumeric.
It's a little spartanic and you have to get used to it, but it's a nice program.

Link to the manual: The Gnumeric Manual, version 1.12

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  • Can it open Excel files?
    – Pilot6
    Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 16:57
  • Yes. But I don't know if it's able to import complex spreadsheets. Importing data should work.
    – Freddy
    Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 16:59

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