In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Barker) wrote:
> *From:* Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* users@openoffice.org > *Date:* Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:55:54 +0100 > > At 15:26 14/04/2008 +0100, Niall Martin wrote: > >In Lotus I am used to creating a table and then using copy and > paste >to batch paste direct to the cells in the table, but in OO I > seem to >have to paste special into the document as text, and then > turn what >I have pasted into a table. I find this rather long > winded and >awkward. Have I missed something? > > Possibly. I think that, in Writer, this is even easier than you > hope. Don't create any table first. Instead, copy the cells from > your spreadsheet and then use Edit | Paste Special... (or > Ctrl+Shift+V), selecting "DDE link" from the options. This creates > a table with your imported values, which you can then format as you > require. > > Note that this technique actually creates a link to the source > spreadsheet instead of a copy - so the spreadsheet file must > continue to be available and any subsequent change to it will be > reflected in your Writer document. If this is not what you need, > after you have pasted the link, go to Edit | Links..., select the > relevant link in the list, and press Break Link. You will now have > an independent text document. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > I did experiment briefly with the DDE option, but abandoned it at once, since it did not seem to be doing what I wanted. Your second paragraph I regard as a workaround which I will try some time, but still regard as rather clumsy. Thanks for your comment. Niall Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
