Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
Thank you again Brian, yesterday I tried all-sorts to try and get this
working, looking at your solution I was nearly there. -- So much to learn.
What is the best source for this sort of information?
I would like to learn more and make my spreadsheets more efficient.
I must admit that the help pages were a bit daunting and I couldn't relate the
example given to my problem.
kind regards
Paul
On Tuesday 13 Nov 2012 05:00:05 Brian Barker wrote:
At 14:42 12/11/2012 +, Paul Stear wrote:
On Thursday 08 Nov 2012 14:19:22 Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:45 08/11/2012 +, Paul Stear wrote:
I have the same spreadsheet set I use each year. The new
spreadsheet for 2013 will need to reference fields in the 2012
spreadsheet. For the past few years I have manually changed the
Readings-2012 in every instance (well over 100).
I would like to be able to construct the spreadsheets with a
method to change the current year, eg 2013 minus 1 to give 2012
inserted so that the ref in the 2013 spreadsheet reads;-
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68
Is this possible?
Yes. You need to concatenate the required year value with the
strings required before and after it. Suppose that you have the
current year - 2013 in your example - in A1 of your new
spreadsheet. You need to concatenate
'file:///home/fred/Generation Readings- with A1-1 and
.ods'#$Jan.A68. Note that the two single quotes are part of the
string you are creating and the four double quotes delimit the two
text strings, so the first string has a single quote immediately
following its opening double quote. You can carry out this
concatenation using the operator:
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68
(The numerical expression A1-1 is converted to a string value
automatically.)
You might expect this to work, but it doesn't. The formula above
results in a text string which is interpreted literally and not as
a cell reference to the other spreadsheet file. But the trick you
need is available in the INDIRECT() function, which provides the
necessary conversion. So the formula which works is
=INDIRECT('file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68)
Hi Brian,
Thank you so much, your solution works a treat.
My spreadsheet consists of 15 pages each year, so my next question
is:- would it be possible to put the new year on page 1 named
cover in cell A2 and then change the A1-1 to reference this on
for each instance on every page?
Yes. You refer to a cell on another sheet as sheet.cell. So you
would just need to use ...cover.A2-1... .
Brian Barker
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
Hi Brian,
Thank you so much, your solution works a treat.
My spreadsheet consists of 15 pages each year, so my next question is:-
would it be possible to put the new year on page 1 named cover in cell A2
and then change the A1-1 to reference this on for each instance on every
page?
Hope this is clear.
Thanks for any help
Paul
On Thursday 08 Nov 2012 14:19:22 Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:45 08/11/2012 +, Paul Stear wrote:
I have the same spreadsheet set I use each year. The new
spreadsheet for 2013 will need to reference fields in the 2012
spreadsheet. For the past few years I have manually changed the
Readings-2012 in every instance (well over 100).
I would like to be able to construct the spreadsheets with a method
to change the current year, eg 2013 minus 1 to give 2012 inserted so
that the ref in the 2013 spreadsheet reads;-
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68
Is this possible?
Yes. You need to concatenate the required year value with the
strings required before and after it. Suppose that you have the
current year - 2013 in your example - in A1 of your new
spreadsheet. You need to concatenate 'file:///home/fred/Generation
Readings- with A1-1 and .ods'#$Jan.A68. Note that the two single
quotes are part of the string you are creating and the four double
quotes delimit the two text strings, so the first string has a single
quote immediately following its opening double quote. You can carry
out this concatenation using the operator:
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68
(The numerical expression A1-1 is converted to a string value
automatically.)
You might expect this to work, but it doesn't. The formula above
results in a text string which is interpreted literally and not as a
cell reference to the other spreadsheet file. But the trick you need
is available in the INDIRECT() function, which provides the necessary
conversion. So the formula which works is
=INDIRECT('file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68)
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
Brian,
Thank you so much, I have been away so have not tried your solution yet but it
does look good.
I will test this in the morning, this could save me hours of work
Thank again
Paul
On Thursday 08 Nov 2012 14:19:22 Brian Barker wrote:
At 11:45 08/11/2012 +, Paul Stear wrote:
I have the same spreadsheet set I use each year. The new
spreadsheet for 2013 will need to reference fields in the 2012
spreadsheet. For the past few years I have manually changed the
Readings-2012 in every instance (well over 100).
I would like to be able to construct the spreadsheets with a method
to change the current year, eg 2013 minus 1 to give 2012 inserted so
that the ref in the 2013 spreadsheet reads;-
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68
Is this possible?
Yes. You need to concatenate the required year value with the
strings required before and after it. Suppose that you have the
current year - 2013 in your example - in A1 of your new
spreadsheet. You need to concatenate 'file:///home/fred/Generation
Readings- with A1-1 and .ods'#$Jan.A68. Note that the two single
quotes are part of the string you are creating and the four double
quotes delimit the two text strings, so the first string has a single
quote immediately following its opening double quote. You can carry
out this concatenation using the operator:
='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68
(The numerical expression A1-1 is converted to a string value
automatically.)
You might expect this to work, but it doesn't. The formula above
results in a text string which is interpreted literally and not as a
cell reference to the other spreadsheet file. But the trick you need
is available in the INDIRECT() function, which provides the necessary
conversion. So the formula which works is
=INDIRECT('file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-A1-1.ods'#$Jan.A68)
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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[libreoffice-users] Auto changes on a new spreadsheet set for next year
I have the same spreadsheet set I use each year. The new spreadsheet for 2013 will need to reference fields in the 2012 spreadsheet. ='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68 The 2012 spreadsheet is referenced to 'file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2011.ods'#$Jan.A68 For the past few years I have manually changed the Readings-2012 in every instance (well over 100) I would like to be able to construct the spreadsheets with a method to change the current year, eg 2013 minus 1 to give 2012 inserted so that the ref in the 2013 spreadsheet reads;- ='file:///home/fred/Generation Readings-2012.ods'#$Jan.A68 Is this possible? Thanks for any help regards Paul -- mail sent using kmail and kubuntu -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Cannot save spreadsheets
Hi all, Since upgrading to the latest kubuntu version I have various problems but a major one is not being able to save spreadsheets. I can open them, modify them but when I come to save changes libreoffice just crashes and clears the screen. I thought it might be a permissions problem but other openoffice files work correctly. I am asked each time I open a spreadsheet to recover from the last crash, if I do or don't it doesn't make any difference. I have 3 spreadsheets each with 13 pages and links to each other. Any experts know how to solve this? Thanks in anticipation Paul -- This email has been sent using kmail on kubuntu -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Cannot save spreadsheets
On Monday 02 May 2011 18:22:45 planas wrote: Paul On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 16:50 +0100, Paul Stear wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to the latest kubuntu version I have various problems but a major one is not being able to save spreadsheets. I can open them, modify them but when I come to save changes libreoffice just crashes and clears the screen. I thought it might be a permissions problem but other openoffice files work correctly. I am asked each time I open a spreadsheet to recover from the last crash, if I do or don't it doesn't make any difference. I have 3 spreadsheets each with 13 pages and links to each other. Any experts know how to solve this? Thanks in anticipation Paul Did have this problem with previous kubuntu version? No this has only happened since the update. Thanks for your interest Paul -- This email has been sent using kmail on kubuntu -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
