
Chapter 4: Spreadsheets in Calc
Inserting a note
To keep a note, perhaps reminding one to sell a certain share later on, select the relevant cell
and choose Insert > Note. A shadowed area in the document appears in which to enter text.
To make this note visible all the time, click in the relevant cell (cells with notes have a small
red dot in the corner, provided "Note Indicator” in Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Calc
> View is marked), open the context menu and choose Show Note. Otherwise, one only sees
the note when the mouse pointer is moved on to the cell.
Inserting a sheet into another document
Select the cell range and copy it to the clipboard (Copy icon on the Standard toolbar). Open
the document into which to insert the sheet (generally a text document) and insert the sheet
(Insert command).
Displaying formulae
To display the references in the spreadsheets, choose Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org
Calc > View and mark formulae. The best way to examine an individual formula is to click
the cell containing the formula and then click the Wizard: Functions icon on the formula
bar.
Using print ranges
Print ranges have been used in the sample document to print specifically targeted cells.
Freezing Columns
Select the column to the right of the column to be frozen, say a list of names, by clicking on
the column header, and click Freeze in the Window menu. This makes is possible to scroll
horizontally, while the area to the left of the freeze line remains fixed. This fixes the display
so that the column containing the names is always in view. This function is especially useful
for large sheets.
Splitting a Calc Window
Sometimes a user may need to work with a spreadsheet in which the active data is in different
rows. Scrolling up and down can be inconvenient. In this case splitting the display can be an
advantage. Select the cell tat which to split the display,and click Split in the Window menu.
This make is possible to scroll vertically in each of the split sections. This function can be
especially useful for large sheets.
Conditional Formatting
With this function, information can be displayed simply by entering a letter. For example, if
this is an employee list, use this feature to instantly find out if a particular employee is
present, sick, or on vacation.
To do so, use the following steps:
1. Open the Styles and Formatting window (click the icon in the Standard toolbar)
2. create three Cell Styles.
3. For the Cell Styles, choose names that correspond to the information to be represented. In
the case of the employee list , choose: Sick, Vacation and Present.
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