title: Can't import this excel file into R
body: <p>I'm having trouble importing a file into R. The file was obtained from this website: <a href="https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm</a>, where I clicked "Import Table" and downloaded a .xls file for the year 1992.</p>
  
  <p>This image might help describe how I retrieved the data <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MPGcq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MPGcq.png" alt="Image describing how I retrieved the data from the NIH database"></a></p>
  
  <p>Here's what I've tried typing into the console, along with the results:</p>
  
  <p>Input:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; library('readxl')
  &gt; data1992 &lt;- read_excel("1992.xls")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Not an excel file
  Error in eval(substitute(expr), envir, enclos) : 
    Failed to open /home/chrx/Documents/NIH Funding Awards, 1992 - 2016/1992.xls
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Input:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; data1992 &lt;- read.csv ("1992.xls", sep ="\t")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error in read.table(file = file, header = header, sep = sep, quote = quote,  : 
    more columns than column names
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm not sure whether or not this is relevant, but I'm using GalliumOS (linux). Because I'm using Linux, Excel isn't installed on my computer. LibreOffice is.  </p>