Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with applying filters please.

At 13:21 30/01/2017 +0000, Budge Noname wrote:
> I am trying to hide some columns when printing. If I use the format 
> cells > cell protection > hide when printing the contents of the 
> cells are hidden and the sheet width is reduced as expected but when 
> I try and print, it seems the space they occupy is still there 
> giving me lots of white space and many sheets!

I suspect that is - as they say - "by design"! It's worth noticing 
that, since this technique uses cell formatting, it could apply to 
some cells in a column and not others. If the space that would 
otherwise be occupied by the hidden cells were suppressed, the 
alignment of other output (that you did want) would be wrecked.

You can hide entire columns using Format | Column > | Hide (or 
right-click | Hide on the column header). The effect on the display 
is temporary, of course, and can easily be reversed immediately after 
printing: select columns surrounding the hidden ones and use Format | 
Column > | Show (or right-click | Show on a column header).

> I would like to use the filter method, assuming this will solve my 
> problem but when I tried on one column everything disappeared.

"Everything"? You do want entire columns to be hidden, don't you?

Here are two other ways to achieve the sort of thing you need:

o Move your columns around so that the ones you do not want printed 
do not occur between ones that you do. It is perfectly possible to 
maintain the same calculations, of course. Then construct a print 
range that contains the columns you want printed but not the rogue 
ones. Or you could put the unwanted columns on a separate sheet and 
print only the required sheet.

o Create a separate sheet for printing purposes, containing only the 
required columns. You need to create *formulae* referring to your 
original sheet on that sheet, not just to paste values - so that 
values there update automatically as you work on your main sheet. 
Then print just that other sheet. Again, you could alternatively do 
this with additional columns on the original sheet and a print range 
excluding them.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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