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This information was located on the OpenOffice.org users mailing list. There are apparently two games built into the Calc application.

08/12/06

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I have a pipe delimited text file which I want to edit to remove some columns. Using Excel I can open the file using the pipe as the delimiter but I can't save it again using the pipe as the delimiter. It becomes a tab delimited file which is not what I want. Any suggestions?

29/10/05

1118

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I have to create a Calc spreadsheet with the first column being the date Friday each for fortnight. Is there an easy way to enter the dates rather than typing them all in?

30/05/05

439

1011

I enter a series of numbers into a column in Calc. How do I get the moving average for the last ten days?

09/06/04

3972

997

I have formulas in my Calc spreadsheet. I would like to copy and paste these formulas as the values. How do I do this?

07/05/04

1141

986

I have a budget which has months at the left and categories across the top for the columns. In the categories column sometimes I would like to enter the same value in all cells and sometimes the same formula. Other times I just want to enter a value in a cell. How do I do this easily?

13/04/04

3900

966

How do I move columns or rows in Calc?

26/03/04

699

942

I have a blue page break line in the middle of a Calc spreadsheet. How do I remove it?

14/03/04

210

941

I have a multi sheet spreadsheet in Calc and I am getting blank pages, but I can't seem to find where they are coming from.

14/03/04

328

825

When I type in Calc it tries to autocomplete the cell based on an earlier entry in the column. How do I stop this?

02/01/04

56

815

How do I protect just a few cells in a Calc spreadsheet?

01/01/04

1361

814

How do I have the column headers print out at the top of each page?

31/12/03

761

813

How do I keep the column headers display when I scroll down the Calc spreadsheet?

31/12/03

230

812

How can I easily check which cells are protected in a Calc spreadsheet?

31/12/03

224

811

How do I suppress displaying zeros in a Calc spreadsheet?

31/12/03

570

810

How do I enter times into a Calc spreadsheet?

31/12/03

668

809

In Calc how do I convert a Time 12:30 into a decimal number?

31/12/03

263

607

I have email addresses in a column. I would like to split this into the user and domain so that I can sort by the domain. How can I split the string.

15/08/03

948

574

Calc in OpenOffice.org 1.0.3.1 does not show formulas when spreadsheet opened.

21/07/03

139

568

When I delete something in Calc a dialogue always appears. Is there some way to delete without the dialogue showing?

19/07/03

200

564

How do I split merged cells in Calc?

19/07/03

65

563

How do I merge cells in Calc to become one cell?

19/07/03

104

562

How do I modify the default template for Calc so that I have my own defaults?

18/07/03

1292

554

When entering months in uppercase in Calc these are converted to proper case. How can I stop this?

18/07/03

982

550

I like to have numbers most times with two decimal places. How can I do this more easily than formatting the cell each time.

10/07/03

848

505

If have a column of data in Calc. I want to see how many times a number occurs in this data. How do I do this?

02/06/03

485

500

How do I only preview or print just one sheet in Calc?

29/05/03

595

497

How do I quickly jump from the first sheet to the last sheet in a spreadsheet? I have lots of sheets and so clicking on the tabs is a bit slow.

26/05/03

531

493

Can I copy a spreadsheet into Writer as a table?

17/05/03

1122

481

In Calc I've sent a graphic image to the background. Now I can do anything with it. How to I get to change it.

07/05/03

718

476

How do I make Notes stay visible in Calc?

06/05/03

75

462

How do I enter the same data into cells at the same time in Calc?

02/05/03

194

458

How do I move rows or columns in Calc?

01/05/03

360

450

I want to find all cells which have the same value in them. How do I do this?

29/04/03

300

449

I would like to make the date format YYYY/MM/DD the default in my spreadsheet.

29/04/03

956

448

I would like to use the date format of YYYY/MM/DD in my spreadsheet but it is not available.

29/04/03

258

441

Can I enter and use fractions in Calc?

28/04/03

1187

439

How to select all sheets in Calc so that what is done in one sheet is performed on all sheets.

18/04/03

929

430

How do I select multiple cells on a Calc spreadsheet?

12/04/03

580

423

How do you print just the Active sheet in Calc. Currently all sheets are printed.

10/04/03

210

416

I have text which consists of names which are all in lowercase. I would like to show their names with a capital letter at the start of each of the first and last names. How can I do this?

09/04/03

1004

411

How can I put a text box in Calc with a black line around it?

09/04/03

422

386

How do I convert the column of cells which contain the text values of 1, 10, 2, 20 into numbers so that I can sort them correctly?

31/03/03

1020

385

I am trying to sort a column with numbers and it sorts them in the sequence of 1, 10, 2, 20. What is going on?

31/03/03

277

377

In Calc when I enter a number in a cell, drag the handle right it fills each cells with the number increased by one. When I use Edit -> Fill -> Right it keeps the same number. Should these be the same?

28/03/03

880

376

How do I find the number of days between two dates in Calc?

27/03/03

203

365

How do I centre a heading I have over a number of columns in Calc?

26/03/03

330

362

I want to create a tab separated file from Calc but I don't want any text delimiter. It is not giving me this option.

26/03/03

176

353

There are not any icons for Merge and Split cells in Calc. Where do I find these icons?

24/03/03

687

348

I'm trying to select a non continuous range of cells in calc but it keeps forgetting about the first single cell when I do it. What is going on?

22/03/03

650

344

I've got a document which uses fields from a Calc spreadsheet as the data source. I am having problems showing seeing any of the changes in the spreadsheet show up in the data source for merging. Any suggestions?

20/01/04

2972

343

I have a spreadsheet with formulas and I wish to copy of paste the resultant values and not the formulas. How do I do this in Calc?

21/03/03

313

341

I have followed the DCOUNT example in the help screens to the letter but all I can get is an error 504. What am I missing?

20/03/03

1118

335

Can two people edit different sheets in a spreadsheet at the same time?

17/03/03

400

334

Is there a way to have multiple users simultaneous edit the same spreadsheet without being able to destroy each other's work?

17/03/03

583

314

How do I move rows in a Calc spreadsheet? I don't want to copy and paste them. I want to just move them.

10/03/03

307

313

Calc keeps suggesting entries as I type in a cell which appear in earlier cells in the same column. This is quite annoying sometimes. How do I turn this off.

10/03/03

269

312

In Calc when entering a cell it always capitalises the first letter of the cell which is not what I want

10/03/03

425

299

How do I open a delimited text file in Calc called filename.asc? Every time I try to open this it opens in Writer.

06/03/03

142

298

I have data in two columns. Column A is 1, 2 3, 4. Column B is 2, 4, 6, 8. But I would like to get a running sum of the data of the column B and then graph the first column and the running sum?

06/03/03

489

261

How do I create a continuous line of equals across a column in a spreadsheet?

25/02/03

330

244

I am trying to create a database from a Calc spreadsheet but using copy the field formats do not come across very well. Any suggestions?

20/02/03

410

236

I am trying to insert a text file into Calc. There is no import function so I am trying to use Insert, External Data. It allows me to specify the file but then does not allow me to press OK. What should I do?

19/02/03

379

234

How do I get the text in a Calc cell to wrap to the next line?

19/02/03

142

220

I have a three columns of data. They are Date, Category and Quantity. I want to summarise this into a table which shows Months across the top, a row for each Category and the Quantities totalled. How do I do this?

14/02/03

919

202

I have a data in a spreadsheet which is a straight list with the columns Date, Type and Count. I would like to create a chart showing each type as a separate column with the Date as the X-axis and Count as the Y-axis. Is there any easy way to do this?

12/02/03

450

166

How do I set the default font in Calc?

09/02/03

815

163

How do I copy the rows of a table in an external data source to a spreadsheet?

09/02/03

897

161

In my spreadsheet I have database formulas which use named ranges. How can I change easily all the formulas that refer to a named range to another named range?

09/02/03

54

160

I have a Calc spreadsheet and I have a series of tables. I would like to add up only certain rows based on the value in a cell in that row. Any suggestions?

09/02/03

149

131

I have a spreadsheet with a wide cell which goes over the page. When I print the entire cell moves to a new page and not just the part that would go off the page. Is there anyway around this?

26/01/03

246

130

How do I import a text file into Calc?

25/01/03

595

99

I typed the letters A.G.L. in the cell in OpenOffice.org Calc and they turned blue with a grey background. What is going on?

13/01/03

848

98

When I type into a cell in OpenOffice.org Calc the first letter always goes to lowercase when I press Enter. How do I get around this?

07/04/04

1665

9

How do I change the case of the contents of the cell in OpenOffice.org Calc.

19/08/02

218

8

How do I edit the contents of a cell directly in OpenOffice.org Calc?

22/08/05

511






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