Thanks Brian - that did help ... solved my problem, in fact.
Silly me! I should have remembered the one could auto fill by dragging the
handle - I have done that before, but not for a long time. Thanks for
reminding me, and pointing it out to me.
I have learned something new when it comes to "Paste Special" - thanks for
that!
Kind regards, James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <users@openoffice.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Calc question - sorting data.?
At 16:41 15/04/2008 +0800, James Elliott wrote:
If I download 100 transactions it is tedious to type into a spare column:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
...
...
99
100
You are making heavy weather of this. Spreadsheets are designed to make
your life easy!
To enter these numbers, either:
o Enter the number 1 where it is required.
o Select the relevant cell.
o Click on the small rectangle at the bottom right of the cell (the "fill
handle") and drag this down the column as required.
or:
o Select the range of cells that you need filled.
o Go to Edit | Fill > | Series... .
o Enter 1 for "Start value" and press OK.
So, I used a formula where Cell C76 contained a "1"
C77=C76+1 .... and copied this formula so
C78=C77+1
C79=C78+1
...
etc
Then I sorted first by the DATE column and then by Column C, but I found
that formulas do not sort in exactly the same way as integer numbers,
[...]
You can also use the fill technique on formulae, of course. And a
workaround here would be to copy the block of formulae and then use Edit |
Paste Special... to paste them back into the same cells. Remove the tick
from "Paste all", and then make sure that Formulas is *not* ticked but
Numbers is. Then you'll have the plain numbers that you want in the
cells.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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