Getting tabulated data into OpenOffice Calc [Tips / Tricks]
Dear HS and all,
one thing that troubles me occasionally is getting data presented on the forum in tabulated form (example here) into a spreadsheet application like OpenOffice Calc.
I just cannot get it working, and I more often than not end up typing the data manually into my spreadhseet.
There are different elements involved. Possibly a process like: Mark the table, copy it to memory, shift windows, paste into the spreadsheet, use a "text to columns" function and finally make the spreadsheet understand that what is now in cell this-and-that is not text but numbers.
I just cannot get the last two steps working in a coordinated fashion.
Any ideas how to do it in Calc (not Excel)?
Best regards, and many thanks for any hint you can offer,
EM.
one thing that troubles me occasionally is getting data presented on the forum in tabulated form (example here) into a spreadsheet application like OpenOffice Calc.
I just cannot get it working, and I more often than not end up typing the data manually into my spreadhseet.
There are different elements involved. Possibly a process like: Mark the table, copy it to memory, shift windows, paste into the spreadsheet, use a "text to columns" function and finally make the spreadsheet understand that what is now in cell this-and-that is not text but numbers.
I just cannot get the last two steps working in a coordinated fashion.
Any ideas how to do it in Calc (not Excel)?
Best regards, and many thanks for any hint you can offer,
EM.
Complete thread:
- Getting tabulated data into OpenOffice CalcElMaestro 2010-03-03 22:02
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