Re: [libreoffice-users] OpenOffice Spreadsheet & LibreOffice Calc

Hello rrand,

On 24/03/11 00:27, rrand wrote:
> There is a difference in the way these two handle linked cells.  If you have
> a cell linked to another spreadsheet in OpenOffice then if you open it in
> LibreOffice the value is not automatically updated if it changes/or has
> changed in the spreadsheet it is linked to.  LibreOffice seems to only
> 'remember' the old value even if you relink the cell.
>
> This could pose problems when one wishes to no longer use OpenOffice in
> favour of LibreOffice as you do not know if any linked values are being
> updated properly.

I've not experienced your problem directly, but I know that in Writer 
the default settings for updating linked Fields are sometimes not intuitive.

Maybe there's a preference you can set somewhere about automatic vs 
manual updating of links?

Bests,

-r

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