Re: [libreoffice-users] difficulty with spreadsheet links

You mention easily upgrading back and forth between OO and LO.  HOw to
do that?  I completely uninstalled OO in order to install LO.  

Paul  

El mié, 02-03-2011 a las 14:17 +0000, Tom Davies escribió:
> Hi :)
>
> OpenOffice is not a good longer-term solution but it is very easy to upgrade 
> from it to LibreOffice and that will continue to be the case for a long time, 
> hopefully many years.  If you need an instant answer then going with OpenOffice 
> seems to be the best option for now.  
>
>
> LibreOffice developers are much faster at fixing things and at making larger 
> improvements which are 2 reasons  why LibreOffice is a better longer-term 
> solution.  
>
>
> Obviously they can't fix things instantly but someone else on this list might be 
> able to give a better instant answer for LibreOffice.  There seems to be more 
> activity in the mailing lists when America is on-line.
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ron Gregor <rgregor@wcnjcd.com>
> To: users@libreoffice.org
> Sent: Wed, 2 March, 2011 13:14:35
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] difficulty with spreadsheet links
>
> I have problems with links also but found it doesn't matter if the linked file 
> is still there. What I 
>
> am seeing is only the first link is being saved. The problem I have is I use a 
> third sheet to link 
>
> to a calculated value in the second file but since the linked data from the 
> first file is lost once 
>
> you close file 2 the data for file 3 is wrong. See post "Calc Links not all 
> saving".
>
>     The only way I found to fix this was to install OpenOffice 3.3. If anyone 
> has another 
>
> solution I would be happy to test it otherwise we will have to upgrade our 
> systems to 
>
> Openoffice instead of Libreoffice.
>
>     I filed a bug at 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34637
>
>     I will also file one at the wiki link mentioned as soon as I can. I have 3 
> sample 
>
> spreadsheet files that show this if anyone wants to look at them.
>
>
> Thanks, Ron Gregor
>
>
> On 2 Mar 2011 at 12:45, Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > Ahah, i thought you were going to say something like that.  It does seem 
> > completely reasonable.  It could lead to file sizes being larger but does have 
>
> > advantages.  
> >
> >
> > Is it possible to zip the file with the data-source so that both files get sent 
> >
> > as a single attachment?  or even to send both files (as 2 attachments) without 
>
> > zipping them?  I can think of a few reasons why it might not be a workable 
> > work-around but if it is then that is probably the fastest temporary way to get 
> >
> > the result you need.
> >
> > Can you report this as a bug-report to get a result in the longer-term?
> > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Carola y Pablo <stuckybyler2@yahoo.es>
> > To: users@libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Wed, 2 March, 2011 10:54:47
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] difficulty with spreadsheet links
> >
> > The thing is, in MS Excel and Open Office, once the link is established,
> > if you open up the file and don't update the links, the values remain.
> > In Libre Office they disappear.  This is a problem if you want to share
> > the spreadsheet file with someone else who doesn't have the date file on
> > their computer.  Do I make myself understood?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > El mar, 01-03-2011 a las 20:39 -0800, Andy Brown escribió:
> > > Carola y Pablo wrote:
> > > > When I link a cell in one spreadsheet to another, then close both files,
> > > > if the second spreadsheet is deleted or moved, then when I open the
> > > > first spreasheet, I lose the linked data....  What to do?
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > >
> > > I do not understand here.  You link to something then delete it and 
> > > expect to still connect to it?  It is a _link_ it is not a copy of the data.
> >
> >
> >
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