Fig. 1 OpenOffice Calc
3. Select "Tools" from the menu bar, see
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 Calc Menu Bar
4. Open "XML Filter Settings" window,
see Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 XML Filter Settings Window
5. Open the VOTable Filter Package, see
Fig. 4.
Fig.4 Open Filter Package
If no error occurs, a small window as
Fig. 5 will popup.
Fig. 5 Package Loaded Successfully
And the name of the filter will be added into the "Filter List" of
OpenOffice, as Fig. 6.
Fig. 6 Filter list with VOTable Filter
6. Now, you can find "VOTable" option
from "Open" and "Save As" menus of the OpenOffice Calc, as Fig. 7 and
Fig. 8.
Fig. 7 Open VOTable File
Fig. 8 Save As VOTable File
7. OK, it is time for you to edit or analyze VOTable data as normal
Spreadsheet files, see Fig. 9.
Fig. 9 VOTable or Excel
Fig. 10 Analyse VOTable data
8. Each VOTable file will be divided
into four separated sheets, "DATA", "FIELD", "PARA" and "INFO",
according to different parts of the original file.
Fig. 11 "FIELD" sheet
Fig. 12 "PARAM" sheet
