Hi :) I think John from the Docs Team could use some help with the "Convert" function. I think the questions are 1. Is it possible for a normal user to edit the lists used in the Convert function 2. how to do 1 if it is possible?
3. Are other people having trouble with Convert in 4.1.x? 4. Is Convert now legacy and unsupported having been replaced by a newer function (i've forgotten the name but i'm sure they mentioned the name of a replacement)? Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: John Smith <clicks...@yahoo.co.uk> To: documentation <documentat...@global.libreoffice.org> Sent: Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 21:45 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] CONVERT function in Calc Hi all. I'm working on the Appendix B chapter for Calc and I am looking at the =CONVERT function. This function converts a numerical value from one unit of measure, to another unit of measure in the same group, for example feet into yards, both in the distance group. Within the dialogue of the Function Wizard is a statement "Converts a value according to a conversion table in the configuration (main.xcd)". My question is basically a two parter; is this list available to a user, and if so how do you access it? and because the two parameters in the function for units are both case sensitive and entered inside quotes, how do you find what the valid entries are for these parameters? The syntax is CONVERT(Number, "text", "text") where text is the unit of conversion. I have tried a few of the entries which I found here; http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part2.html#CONVERT such as "lbm" and "stone" for mass, "pt" and "qt" for volume and "ft" and "in" for distance, without success. Pulling my hair out here:-) . Please help. Regards JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
