https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=15143

--- Comment #6 from Edwin Sharp <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to mroe from comment #5)
> May I ask: What is the meaning of "dynamic formulas in writer"?
I assume formulas that are frequently updated according table changes.

> In a writer (text) table there can be used formulas like sum(A1:A3) or
> sum(Table1.A1:A3). There are no functions where the parameter can be a
> number of a column or a row. Isn't it?
> 
> The position of the cursor (or the selected cells) in a text table is shown
> at the status bar like "Table1:A1:A3". The difference between formula and
> status bar is the "." after the table name in the formula and the ":" in the
> status bar.
The problem with the status bar indication is that it is not updating during
highlight of cells, only after. So one has to highlight the required range in a
large table until the approximate location and then correct with shift+arrows
to final location - unintuitive.

> Or is this request focussed at API or DDE?
> 
> - - - - - - -
> 
> A numbering of rows and columns with column/row headers like in calc isn't
> practicable because in a text table the number of cells in each row can
> differ, also the number of cells in each column.
> 
> Try the following:
> Insert a text table with 4 columns and 3 rows into a writer document. So you
> get a table with cells A1:D3.
> 
> Now select B2:C2 and merge these cells. The result is that row 2 now
> contains only 3 cells A2:C2. C2 is located between D1 and D3.
> Similar for merging cells in a column or cells in columns _and_ rows.
This is IMHO a different bug (renaming former D2 to C2) - a formula in D4 shows
=<D1:D3> and not =<D1:C2:D3> .

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