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A quick Google search for 'convert ooxml to tsv' yields several results;
this one looks interesting:

https://gist.github.com/3290599

Assuming it works, you should then be able to import the TSV file into
Libre Office Calc.

Patrick

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> I'm not trying to start a flame war or bash Microsoft (let's fact it, they
> don't pay attention), but I have a problem with an Excel file.
>
> For reasons unbeknownst to me, somehow it got saved as an Excel OOXML
> file.  I find that i don't have a Linux app that seems to able to open the
> file.  Contacting Microsoft Customer Service resulted in instructions to
> upgrade Excel to the current version.  THere is no way that I will spend
> the money to implement that suggestion.
>
> Is there a Linux application that will allow me to recover the contents of
> the file?
>
> --
> Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
> Consultant
> www.molecular-modeling.net
> (614)312-7528 (c)
> Skype: smolnar1
>
>

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Microsoft Does It Again "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-21 17:20 +0200
  Re: Microsoft Does It Again Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com> - 2018-08-21 17:30 +0200
  Re: Microsoft Does It Again Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-21 17:50 +0200
  Re: Microsoft Does It Again <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-21 17:50 +0200
    Re: Microsoft Does It Again "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-21 18:10 +0200
      Re: Microsoft Does It Again "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-21 21:20 +0200
        Re: Microsoft Does It Again Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-21 21:30 +0200
    Re: Microsoft Does It Again Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-21 18:10 +0200
      Re: Microsoft Does It Again <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-21 18:30 +0200
        Re: Microsoft Does It Again Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-08-21 20:20 +0200
  Re: Microsoft Does It Again Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-21 19:10 +0200
    Re: Microsoft Does It Again Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2018-08-22 09:40 +0200
      Re: Microsoft Does It Again "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-08-22 12:50 +0200
        Re: Microsoft Does It Again Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-22 13:00 +0200

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