Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc question on dates in formulas
On Jun 25, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: I have been able to create a column with the dates in required format using the formula =TEXT(B2,DD/MM/) but this leaves the underlying formula in the cell so when I try and remove unwanted columns the formula fails. What I need is the date as written by the formula frozen as text so I may then manipulate the columns without messing up. Hope this is clear. Once you create your column with the date formatted properly copy it and paste special into a new column including only the text or numbers. Eugenie (Oogie) McGuire Desert Weyr, LLC - Black Welsh Mountain Sheep http://www.desertweyr.com/ LambTracker - Open Source SW for Shepherds http://www.lambtracker.com Paonia, CO USA -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc question on dates in formulas
At 16:52 25/06/2014 +0100, Budgie Noname wrote: I have several columns in sheet with dates in the format 25 Jun 2014 which have been imported into Calc via a .csv file from another programme. I have to manipulate the data and then export it as a .csv file for import by yet another program which requires the dates in the format 25/06/2014. I have been able to create a column with the dates in required format using the formula =TEXT(B2,DD/MM/) but this leaves the underlying formula in the cell so when I try and remove unwanted columns the formula fails. What I need is the date as written by the formula frozen as text so I may then manipulate the columns without messing up. As so often, Paste Special... is your friend. Copy the results of your formula and paste them back - either over themselves or even over the original data - but using Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V) instead of ordinary Paste. In the Paste Special dialogue, ensure that Paste All is not ticked and then that Formulae is also not ticked. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc question on dates in formulas
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 04:52:24 PM Budgie wrote: 25 Jun 2014 Not sure about openoffice but in LibreOffice you can start calc, go to Format --Cells -- Date and create a format like you want by inserting in the Format Code box what you want: Example: DD/MM/ this will give 25/06/2014. Then go to the spreadsheet column, highlight it or just the cells you want to have it. When you insert a date in the formatted empty column it will appear as the format you want. Russ -- openSUSE 13.1(Linux 3.11.10-17-desktop x86_64| Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz|8GB DDR3| GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.79)|KDE 4.13.2 -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc question on dates in formulas
On 25/06/14 18:13, Oogie McGuire wrote: On Jun 25, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Budgie aje...@errichel.co.uk wrote: I have been able to create a column with the dates in required format using the formula =TEXT(B2,DD/MM/) but this leaves the underlying formula in the cell so when I try and remove unwanted columns the formula fails. What I need is the date as written by the formula frozen as text so I may then manipulate the columns without messing up. Hope this is clear. Once you create your column with the date formatted properly copy it and paste special into a new column including only the text or numbers. Eugenie (Oogie) McGuire Desert Weyr, LLC - Black Welsh Mountain Sheep http://www.desertweyr.com/ LambTracker - Open Source SW for Shepherds http://www.lambtracker.com Paonia, CO USA Many thanks Eugenie, I have it now but got there a long way round. I was very interested in the sheep links and your farming objectives, which we share. We do not have rare sheep at present although we have a few sheep and the tagging looks interesting. We also have a few Shetland cattle, which are rare, and have just completed small extension to the farmhouse for a commercial kitchen so we can open restaurant. Thanks again for your help. Regards, Alastair. -- 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
