Re: [libreoffice-users] writer: repeat a cell content (string) in a cell or in text

At 16:48 22/07/2015 +0200, Pier Andreit wrote:
> I tried, but it is not so useful as I expected :-)
> ...I was thinking about to use insert>field...
> if I can have custom field to insert...
>
> the aim is to have ONE information, in a cell or 
> elsewhere, repeated in the document as many 
> times as I like, and when I change this 
> information (in the cell or elsewhere is it but 
> ONE time) this is updated in the whole document.

o Go to Insert | Fields > | Other... (or Ctrl+F2).
o Select "Set variable" and give your variable a name.
o Under Format, select Text and enter your original value for Value.
o If you prefer, you can suppress the appearance 
of your text at this point in the document by ticking Invisible.
o Insert.
o Close.

Each time you need to insert the text:
o Go to Insert | Fields > | Other... (or Ctrl+F2).
o Select "Show variable" and your named variable.
o Insert.
o Close.

When you need to change the text:
o Put the cursor just to the left of the 
*original* field. (If you chose "Invisible", this 
will be a small, apparently empty field shading.)
o Go to Edit | Fields... (or right-click | Fields...).
o Select your named variable.
o Modify the text under Value.
o OK.

Voilà!

There is no particular need for this value to be 
in a table cell where it appears.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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