Thank you very much for your comprehensive answer, Terry.
I will be going through it,

Marti





Am 02.11.11 11:26, schrieb Terry:
You can do that three ways.  One is to format each cell.  I recommend that, 
instead of re-formatting each cell, you create a new cell style because that 
will mean that there is less formatting data for the file to hold.

F11 will open the styles dialogue.  Right click on 'default' and select 'new'.  
On the first tab ('Organiser') give the new style a name.

For what you want to do, the next tab you want is 'Alignment'.  You need to 
change the horizontal alignment to 'filled', although I can suggest a different 
solution.  A suitable name for the style could be 'hyperlink'.

You can assign a shortcut key to the style (Tools>  Customise>  Keyboard).  
Otherwise, keep the styles dialogue open.  Select cells you want to alter and double 
click the name of your new style in the dialogue.


The third solution is to add a parameter to your hyperlink formula.  You can word a hyperlink so 
that a name rather than the text of the hyperlink is displayed, for example:  
=HYPERLINK("file:///data/data/office/work/DataLog.ods";"Datalog")  I use a 
Linux OS so your wording may differ slightly.


That is a hyperlink in one of my spreadsheets.  The text displayed is 
'Datalog'.  I have made other changes to the style to make the cell look like a 
button but you may not wish to go that far.

You have two choices (other than changing the formatting of each cell): 1. 
create and apply a new cell style or 2. use the formula that results in a name 
for the hyperlink being displayed rather than the whole formula.

Terry



----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Hediger<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2011 8:17 PM
Subject: Question Restrict Cell entry to width of cell

Dear List
I have a Calc spreadsheet where in one column contains links to files on my
computer, so the entries are long in terms of number of characters. I dont need
to see the whole path all the time, and I wanted to know how I can adjust that
only the part of the path fitting into the column width is displayed. Seeing the
complete path is confusing and distracts me somehow.
Is it possible to adjust this?

Thanks for any suggestions.
Martin

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