Re: [libreoffice-users] How to move a sum of all worksheet in one summary to a new spreadsheet

At 08:37 11/11/2012 -0800, Dave Wagner wrote:
> [...]
> in e5 I have the following:
> =sum(c4+Tuesday.c4+Wednesday.c4+Thursday.c4+Friday.c4+Saturday.c4+Sunday.c4)
> in e6 I have the following:
> =sum(c8+Tuesday.c8+Wednesday.c8+Thursday.c8+Friday.c8+Saturday.c8+Sunday.c8)
>
> My problem is: On Monday I create a new weekly log that carries over 
> the last work day (for example, copy Friday log to the new week on 
> Monday). There is other data that is running all the time, so the 
> last work day is carried to the next week.  When I try to copy the 
> values in e5 and e6 to the  new week I get a "ref" error, if I 
> rewrite it manually it works.

What you have in E5 and E6 are formulae, not values as such.  When 
you copy these, the formulae - not just the values - are copied over 
by default, and the cell references are modified in the usual 
way.  If you see #REF errors, this is because the adjusted cell 
references now address cells which do not exist or are 
inaccessible.  (It's not quite clear to me whether you are copying 
into another part of the same sheet or a new sheet in the same 
document or even a new document.  But it doesn't really matter: the 
problem is the same in any case.)

> My question is how can I copy e5 and e6 correctly to the new weekly worksheet?

As you suggest, you need to paste the values in E5 and E6 into the 
target cells, not the formulae which generate these values.  When you 
paste, use Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V) instead of 
ordinary Paste.  In the Paste Special dialogue, untick "Paste all" if 
necessary, and then ensure that Numbers is ticked but Formulas is *not* ticked.

> I hope this is clear ...

Yup.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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