It recently emerged that FreeXL 1.0.2 could be unable to
parse some specific XLS document [BIFF8 format: Excel
1997-2003].
The issue was usually related to spreadsheets containing
many long text strings in some Asian language.
The latest FreeXL 1.0.3 fixes this issue.
Developers and packagers are warmly invited to switch
to FreeXL 1.0.3 as soon as possible.
best regards,
Sandro