(solved) Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread Li Wei
I have complete the task using galculator manually Thanks anyway! On Fri, 9/18/15, David Wright wrote: Subject: Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, September 18, 2015, 11:06 PM It was

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread David Wright
Quoting Li Wei (root...@yahoo.com): > I don't have Excel > I open the file with oocalc It was suggested in Carl Fink's posting https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/09/msg00743.html that the numbers that you are trying to sum are not numbers at all. Could you check that out and respond. It wou

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread Li Wei
I don't have Excel I open the file with oocalc sort it and select part of it then copy/paste to a new file in oocalc On Fri, 9/18/15, Curt wrote: Subject: Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: F

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread Curt
On 2015-09-17, Li Wei wrote: > I have not realized the problem is so difficult > I'd rather do manual calculation, it's one-time task > The file is paste from a Excel file I know how you feel. Have you tried opening the Excel file directly in Open Office Calc?

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Siard
Li Wei wrote: > I have not realized the problem is so difficult > I'd rather do manual calculation, it's one-time task > The file is paste from a Excel file Pasting from an Excel file looks odd to me, I guess it gives unpredictable results. Better open the Excel file with LO and paste it from ther

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Li Wei
I have not realized the problem is so difficult I'd rather do manual calculation, it's one-time task The file is paste from a Excel file Thanks anyway! On Thu, 9/17/15, Siard wrote: I can see it now.  N1:N8 do not contain numbers; they contain a

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Siard
Li Wei wrote: > I have attach the calc file, it's in Chinese, (sorry) > my question is how to display sum(N1:N8) in cell N9 I can see it now. N1:N8 do not contain numbers; they contain alphanumeric strings. If you select N1, then this is what you see in the formula bar: '-755.68 The apostroph i

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 14:13 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > Thanks to all those who reply! > > I have prefix equal sign, but it doesn't work > I have attach the calc file, it's in Chinese, (sorry) > my question is how to display sum(N1:N8) in cell N9 Hi, There are also mailing lists specifically for Libr

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:27:12PM +0200, Floris wrote: > What is your decimal separator? > > Go to Tools --> Options --> language Settings --> Languages > > Because when I replace the dots, with a comma the formula > =SUM(N1:N8) works Interestingly, on my system the items in those cells are no

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Floris
Op Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:13:34 +0200 schreef Li Wei : Thanks to all those who reply! I have prefix equal sign, but it doesn't work I have attach the calc file, it's in Chinese, (sorry) my question is how to display sum(N1:N8) in cell N9 Thanks! What is your decimal separator? Go to Tools --

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 03:12:22PM +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 06:02 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > > I want sum of a column of values > > I enter "SUM(N1:N8)" in cell N9 > > but can't get cell N9 to display sum > > > > Thanks in advance!!! > > > > PS: I'm in China and can't use

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Curt
On 2015-09-16, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 16 September 2015 16:26:58 Curt wrote: >> On 2015-09-16, Lars Noodén wrote: >> > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? >> >> That works for me. >> >> I just hit that Greek letter (epsilon?). > > I don't know the actual thing, b

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 16 September 2015 16:26:58 Curt wrote: > On 2015-09-16, Lars Noodén wrote: > > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? > > That works for me. > > I just hit that Greek letter (epsilon?). I don't know the actual thing, but it is much more likely to be upper case s

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Curt
On 2015-09-16, Lars Noodén wrote: >> > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? > That works for me. I just hit that Greek letter (epsilon?).

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 06:02 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > I want sum of a column of values > I enter "SUM(N1:N8)" in cell N9 > but can't get cell N9 to display sum > > Thanks in advance!!! > > PS: I'm in China and can't use google to find answer Hi, See https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Calculating

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Lars Noodén
On 09/16/2015 04:02 PM, Li Wei wrote: > I want sum of a column of values > I enter "SUM(N1:N8)" in cell N9 > but can't get cell N9 to display sum > > Thanks in advance!!! > > PS: I'm in China and can't use google to find answer > > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? Re

Re: OpenOffice Calc

2009-01-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Saturday 2009 January 17 14:20:25 Raquel wrote: >I've upgraded from Etch to Lenny. Today I'm working on a spreadsheet >and notice that when I copy a cell, to paste somewhere else, that >there is a "border" put around the cell I copy. It goes away next time you copy. It's just a visual indicat

Re: OpenOffice Calc

2009-01-17 Thread Bob Cox
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:20:25 -0800, Raquel (raq...@thericehouse.net) wrote: > I've upgraded from Etch to Lenny. Today I'm working on a spreadsheet > and notice that when I copy a cell, to paste somewhere else, that > there is a "border" put around the cell I copy. I go into "Format > Cells

OpenOffice Calc

2009-01-17 Thread Raquel
I've upgraded from Etch to Lenny. Today I'm working on a spreadsheet and notice that when I copy a cell, to paste somewhere else, that there is a "border" put around the cell I copy. I go into "Format Cells => Borders" to try getting rid of the "border" that has been placed around the cell. The

slow printing in openoffice-calc

2006-10-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
hi, anyone else seeing REALLY slow printing in openoffice-calc? If I print a selection to either printer, it pegs the cpu for 15-30 seconds. top says it soffice.bin that's doing it. once soffice.bin frees up pages spit right out. its frustrating. I had seen this behavior before (mayb

Re: OpenOffice Calc interface uses huge font size (SOLVED)

2006-06-21 Thread Rene Engelhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Rene Engelhard wrote: > George Borisov wrote: > > > .oO ( Maybe I should really merge Ubuntus's split between -gtk/-gnome > > > (which they did also for xome xfve reasons) - but fixed up.. ) > > > > Yes please. > > OK. > > I'll look. It probabl

Re: OpenOffice Calc interface uses huge font size (SOLVED)

2006-06-21 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, George Borisov wrote: > > .oO ( Maybe I should really merge Ubuntus's split between -gtk/-gnome > > (which they did also for xome xfve reasons) - but fixed up.. ) > > Yes please. OK. I'll look. It probably won't be in the next upload (2.0.3rc6-1), though, but maybe afterwards. Regards, Re

Re: OpenOffice Calc interface uses huge font size (SOLVED)

2006-06-19 Thread George Borisov
Rene Engelhard wrote: > > Did you try installing openoffice.org-gnome (which contains a plugin > for using Gtk at the UI which apparently also will do it for XFCE)? > It'll install "some" GNOME libs, though. Some... 8-| > Does it help? Yes, that did the trick, thanks. :-D > .oO ( Maybe I shou

Re: OpenOffice Calc interface uses huge font size

2006-06-17 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, George Borisov wrote: > I've just installed OpenOffice Calc on Debian (unstable) for the first time. > > The problem is that the interface font used it simply huge! > > I am running Xfce4. I have checked my DPI settings and these are set to > 96x96. I have also tri

OpenOffice Calc interface uses huge font size

2006-06-09 Thread George Borisov
Hello, I've just installed OpenOffice Calc on Debian (unstable) for the first time. The problem is that the interface font used it simply huge! I am running Xfce4. I have checked my DPI settings and these are set to 96x96. I have also tried the font replacement thing suggested in README.D