Re: [users] Re: Link to External Data *.csv file?
At 03:38 19/12/2010 +, Mark Knecht wrote: Brian Barker b.m.barker at btinternet.com writes: At 20:11 18/12/2010 +, Mark Knecht wrote: Is it possible to link two Sheets in a Calc spreadsheet to two external CSV files? [SNIP] Is there a way to do this? Yes. Use Insert | Sheet from File..., browse to the .csv file, and tick the Link box in the Insert Sheet dialogue. You'll want two sheets linked to your two data files and a third sheet (probably in front) in which to perform the comparison. I trust this helps. I think it does. I'll try it when I get back to that machine tomorrow. Let me double check one thing. If I use Insert | Sheet from File as you suggest, then is this spreadsheet updated with new data from the file anytime this spreadsheet is opened? Er, yes. If not, it wouldn't help with your problem! When you open the spreadsheet, you will see a dialogue asking if links to other files should be updated. If you wish to perform the update with the spreadsheet open, you can go to File | Reload (after saving any changes to the spreadsheet, of course) - which will stimulate the same dialogue. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Link to External Data *.csv file?
Unsubscribe me. Thank you. ---Original Message--- From: Brian Barker Date: 12/19/2010 9:47:56 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Re: Link to External Data *.csv file? At 03:38 19/12/2010 +, Mark Knecht wrote: Brian Barker b.m.barker at btinternet.com writes: At 20:11 18/12/2010 +, Mark Knecht wrote: Is it possible to link two Sheets in a Calc spreadsheet to two external CSV files? [SNIP] Is there a way to do this? Yes. Use Insert | Sheet from File..., browse to the .csv file, and tick the Link box in the Insert Sheet dialogue. You'll want two sheets linked to your two data files and a third sheet (probably in front) in which to perform the comparison. I trust this helps. I think it does. I'll try it when I get back to that machine tomorrow. Let me double check one thing. If I use Insert | Sheet from File as you suggest, then is this spreadsheet updated with new data from the file anytime this spreadsheet is opened? Er, yes. If not, it wouldn't help with your problem! When you open the spreadsheet, you will see a dialogue asking if links to other files should be updated. If you wish to perform the update with the spreadsheet open, you can go to File | Reload (after saving any changes to the spreadsheet, of course) - which will stimulate the same dialogue. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Link to External Data *.csv file?
Raul I. Sais wrote: Unsubscribe me. Thank you. /---Original Message---/ /*From:*/ Brian Barker mailto:b.m.bar...@btinternet.com /*Date:*/ 12/19/2010 9:47:56 AM /*To:*/ users@openoffice.org mailto:users@openoffice.org /*Subject:*/ Re: [users] Re: Link to External Data *.csv file? At 03:38 19/12/2010 +, Mark Knecht wrote: Brian Barker b.m.barker at btinternet.com writes: At 20:11 18/12/2010 +, Mark Knecht wrote: Is it possible to link two Sheets in a Calc spreadsheet to two external CSV files? [SNIP] Is there a way to do this? Yes. Use Insert | Sheet from File..., browse to the .csv file, and tick the Link box in the Insert Sheet dialogue. You'll want two sheets linked to your two data files and a third sheet (probably in front) in which to perform the comparison. I trust this helps. I think it does. I'll try it when I get back to that machine tomorrow. Let me double check one thing. If I use Insert | Sheet from File as you suggest, then is this spreadsheet updated with new data from the file anytime this spreadsheet is opened? Er, yes. If not, it wouldn't help with your problem! When you open the spreadsheet, you will see a dialogue asking if links to other files should be updated. If you wish to perform the update with the spreadsheet open, you can go to File | Reload (after saving any changes to the spreadsheet, of course) - which will stimulate the same dialogue. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org mailto:users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org mailto:users-h...@openoffice.org Just above my comment is a link to click to unsubscribe yourself. Send the email created without adding anything. When you receive an email verifying that you wish to unsubscribe, reply to it without adding anything. Dan
