On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 06:19 -0700, tinu_mury wrote:
> I don't know if you solved it yet, but there is an easy way to eliminate that
> ' character from the spreadsheet.
> Insert a new column next to the one you want to work with and use the
> "=value()" command.
> For example: in column A cell 1 you
I don't know if you solved it yet, but there is an easy way to eliminate that
' character from the spreadsheet.
Insert a new column next to the one you want to work with and use the
"=value()" command.
For example: in column A cell 1 you have '2346, in column cell 1 enter:
=value(A1)
This will copy
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 06:16, Tim Deaton wrote:
> I hope that there'll be someplace we can download it after you release it.
It will be distributed from http://www.e-sword-users.org
> release it. (And when is BibleTech 2010?)
26-27 March 2010 in San Jose, CA.
Conference information is at http
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 17:52, Andreas Saeger wrote:
> jonathon wrote:
>
>> OOo 1.x included a dBase 3 compatible database engine. Whenever the
>> issue of "does OOo include a database?" came up, the answer was
>> invariably "no".
>>
> Wrong. You could connect, define queries, use form controls a
jonathon wrote:
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 20:02, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I'm writing documentation on creating and editing SQLite databases
from within OOo, for users that have a vague idea of what a
I'd like to see that, if you would. Off-list or on is fine. Thanks.
I'll be rel
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 19:15, Drew Jensen wrote:
> Will you be giving a presentation at the conference and releasing the paper
> as part of that?
I'll be giving a presentation at that conference, but that specific
documentation is, for all practical purposes, independent. (My aim is
to release r
I'll be releasing that at BibleTech 2010.
That's excellent to hear Johnathon. Will you be giving a presentation at
the conference and releasing the paper as part of that?
Best wishes,
drew
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jonathon wrote:
OOo 1.x included a dBase 3 compatible database engine. Whenever the
issue of "does OOo include a database?" came up, the answer was
invariably "no".
Wrong. You could connect, define queries, use form controls and reports.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/garryknight/linux/oodba
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 20:02, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I'm writing documentation on creating and editing SQLite databases
>> from within OOo, for users that have a vague idea of what a
> I'd like to see that, if you would. Off-list or on is fine. Thanks.
I'll be releasing that at BibleTech 2010.
> I'm writing documentation on creating and editing SQLite databases
> from within OOo, for users that have a vague idea of what a
> spreadsheet is, and literally no idea what a database is. Whilst that
> might sound good, the problem is that their only exposure to
> spreadsheets, has been its abu
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 18:01, Andreas Saeger wrote:
>> That they want is a _simple_ way to enter data, and then retrieve it, when
>> needed.
> But this is exactly where the typical user fails while using a spreadsheet.
> - People do not get the idea that 90% of all spreadsheet functionality is
2010/1/3 Andreas Saeger :
> jonathon wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 15:30, Andreas Saeger wrote:
>>
>>> I have never seen any reasonable argument why spreadsheets should be used
>>> like this (except for mere laziness).
>>
>> The typical user neither knows, nor cares what the difference betw
jonathon wrote:
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 15:30, Andreas Saeger wrote:
I have never seen any reasonable argument why spreadsheets should be used like
this (except for mere laziness).
The typical user neither knows, nor cares what the difference between
a database and a spreadsheet program is.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 15:30, Andreas Saeger wrote:
> I have never seen any reasonable argument why spreadsheets should be used
> like this (except for mere laziness).
The typical user neither knows, nor cares what the difference between
a database and a spreadsheet program is.
That they want
2010/1/1 Andreas Saeger :
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>
>> any of the issues belong to different projects, most of which I am
>> not the only member of. Although I have no fear of databases, it seems
>> that Excel has many database-like features
>
> The database-like features *assume* database-like struc
Dotan Cohen wrote:
any of the issues belong to different projects, most of which I am
not the only member of. Although I have no fear of databases, it seems
that Excel has many database-like features
The database-like features *assume* database-like structures without
enforcing them by any me
> Your date time is a text column actually and all the problems you describe
> on this list indicate that you are in desparate need of a database with
> distinct field types and input forms with specialized form controls for the
> field types.
>
Many of the issues belong to different projects, mos
Dotan Cohen wrote:
I have a spreadsheet with 1375 rows. One of the colums is a time
column, with the format 'hh:mm:ss. Note the leading ' sign. In order
to sum this column, I need to remove this character. However, the
search and replace dialogue s not recognize this character. How can I
remove t
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