On 29 Aug 2008 at 14:34, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I have a Writer document that deals with machining tools. In
particular, we are debating the maximum speed that a particular cutter
can work aluminum. This speed will dictate the speed of the lathe, and
in turn the cutting time. Can I use a variable
Thanks, Mike and Gene! OOo is quite more powerful than I thought!
I discovered that I can use F2 and define a=5, which will simply show
5 in the document. Later in the document I can press F2 again, type
b=a+3, and in the document will be displayed 8.
However, when I go back to the beginning and
Hello Dotan,
2008/8/30 Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Thanks, Mike and Gene! OOo is quite more powerful than I thought!
I discovered that I can use F2 and define a=5, which will simply show
5 in the document. Later in the document I can press F2 again, type
b=a+3, and in the document will be
2008/8/30 Michele [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Remember that you have to press F9 or Tools Update Fields to...
guess what? update the fields :-)
Fields are otherwise updated before you print, when you save the
document and at some other events (maybe).
I just discovered this one minute before I read
I have a Writer document that deals with machining tools. In
particular, we are debating the maximum speed that a particular cutter
can work aluminum. This speed will dictate the speed of the lathe, and
in turn the cutting time. Can I use a variable in Writer in the sense
that at the top of the
