Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer into Calc

On 3/21/19 12:04 AM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 19:20 20/03/2019 -0400, Charles Meyer wrote:
> > Has anyone been able to "import" or "insert" content from Writer 
> > (tables) into Calc so there are no extra spaces, fits on the same one 
> > page, etc. in Calc as it does on one page in Writer?
>
> Very probably not! Formatting in spreadsheets is entirely different 
> from that in text documents. But you can easily paste material from a 
> table in a text document into cells of a spreadsheet. Then you can 
> reformat the material in the spreadsheet appropriately.
>
> Why would you want to do this? Pagination comes into the story only 
> when you print your document. If the text document is paginated as you 
> wish, why not print that? I can more easily imagine a need for the 
> opposite: pasting an image of (part of?) a spreadsheet into a text 
> document.
>
> This sounds like a task that needs to be rethought from the beginning: 
> consider exactly what you are trying to do. Would it be better to 
> start with the spreadsheet?
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
Another option is to use the OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) 
function. This feature allows taking an existing spreadsheet and insert 
it into a Writer document. I know this is the opposite the OP asked for, 
but it may be a possible solution. Historically, I have had mixed 
results with the LO OLE feature, so it may need some experimentation to 
get it to work as needed. Here is how:

Insert > Object > OLE Object > LibreOffice x.x Spreadsheet

I would choose "Create from file" and maybe "Link to file". That way, a 
Calc file is used by Writer, but can still be maintained by Calc. 
Without Link to file, Writer will create a local spreadsheet in the 
document and not use a separate file, so Calc would not have access to 
it outside the document. How it works is that clicking on the OLE 
spreadsheet in Writer will bring up a Calc-like editor where the 
spreadsheet data can be edited. Exiting this editor will return the the 
Writer document mode. All without exiting the document. That may have 
some advantages, so it will need to be decided by the OP which type 
function is needed.

I checked, and Calc does have the insert OLE function, but the Writer 
option is "LibreOffice x.x Text", which may just insert the Writer 
document into a spreadsheet cell. I am guessing, having never used that 
function in Calc. Both features will need some experimentation.

HTH.
Girvin Herr



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