Importing ods file fails

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Hi everyone,
I tried to import a specific sheet of an ods file by using Import[“File_Name”,{“Sheet”,“Name”}] but it does not work. Mathematica stops working after 10/15 min. Is there a way to import such a file without modifying the original one?
Thanks for your help.

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Perhaps, try to import the data into a variable with a semicolon as terminator in order to supress the construction of the display.

table=Import["xy.ods"];

For large data sets, Import is slow, but often the graphics output is simply not a task for an interpreting system.