On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:01:09 +0100, setlinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In my job, we are regularly creating and managing financial data in
spreadsheets, and then producing handouts (print) and slideshows
(screen) from that data.
Perhaps it would be possible to integrate a multi-view layout, building
on Impress integration with the rest of Openoffice, such that handouts
in Writer, spreadsheets in Calc and a presentation in Impress are all
not only connected, but the end result is one document file, and the
data is one, with the layout and design of the presentation of selected
portions of the document separated from the actual single-entry content.
Example: A set of spreadsheets with graphs and data tables, a printed
handout with details and background information, and an on-screen visual
presentation. The whole thing could be one file: filename.odx or
something. The visual screen presentation could be tweaked with arrows
and animations and pictures, while the handout could be similarly
tweaked but intended for print and the spreadsheets could have all of
the detail - and all with linked data for automation!
Thanks,
Bill Z.
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Actually you could create this in a script, since you can do it from an
UI, by just coping from the calc and pasting it in Writer-draw-impress etc.
The clipboard currently provides an array of formats to paste it such as
GDI, text, HTML and RTF.
Another way is to actually creating a script that can manipulate this,
there was an interesting articles on the management and costumization of
layouts in xml.com
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/02/04/tr-xml.html
This is not what you looking for but gives you a sound introduction on how
to costumize the way printing goes on.
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Alexandro Colorado
CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES
http://es.openoffice.org
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