[libreoffice-users] Re: table - automatically copy text

On 2/1/2012 2:30 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> Hi.
> If I understand you correctly, you can create fields and then
> have them displayed in other locations. I.e. entered in one place
> and displayed in many.
> steve
>
> On 2012-02-01 11:19, paulwhitehurst wrote:
> > I'm using tables in swriter that have text in them. I would
> > like to insert
> > text and have the text copied to other cells automatically. I
> > know I can
> > enter numbers and insert a formula that copies the number from
> > one cell into
> > another. The same formula doesn't seem to work with text.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
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I entered abcd into cell a1 and then in cell b1 entered =A1 and 
the text was copied without error to cell b1.  Is that what you 
are looking for ?

bill


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