[libreoffice-users] Re: Calc: Using Tab Within a Cell

On 12/29/2016 8:11 PM, MindFork wrote:
> I do a lot of data entry, where the cell contents may be one of a few
> different options for that particular column. (think: entering short answers
> for a test question, where many people will write similar things). In Excel
> and OpenOffice, once I start typing, the first option with that beginning
> shows up. If there are two or more options with the same beginning, I can
> press the tab key to move to the next option. The right arrow moves to the
> next cell. In LibreOffice, I don't see this particular function. Everytime I
> enter data in the cell, I have to type the entire entry. As you can imagine,
> this gets old with long entries. Is there something I'm missing that would
> do this? A setting somewhere or a plugin/extension? If LibreOffice doesn't
> offer this functionality/feature, I'll have to go back to OpenOffice. (I'm
> not opposed to this, but LibreOffice came pre-installed with my Linux
> distro.)

ctrl-tab works the way you want it to.

HTH

bill



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