[libreoffice-users] Re: table - automatically copy text

2012-02-02 Thread paulwhitehurst
Thanks folks. I think the solution is in the use of fields. I confess I have little understanding of them, and the help resources frankly aren't very helpful. Can someone suggest how I can set up a field where the output is copied to the same field in other places of the document? Paul. --

[libreoffice-users] Re: table - automatically copy text

2012-02-02 Thread Tom
Hi :) The help-files have fallen into a gap between 2 teams and we still haven't resolved that as both teams are a tad busy. The best documentation is at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications or the official site http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ The wiki

[libreoffice-users] Re: table - automatically copy text

2012-02-02 Thread paulwhitehurst
I've figured out how to use cross-references fields. That seems to do what I need. Thanks again, Paul. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/table-automatically-copy-text-tp3704908p3711089.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For

[libreoffice-users] Re: table - automatically copy text

2012-02-01 Thread william drescher
On 2/1/2012 2:30 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. If I understand you correctly, you can create fields and then have them displayed in other locations. I.e. entered in one place and displayed in many. steve On 2012-02-01 11:19, paulwhitehurst wrote: I'm using tables in swriter that have text in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: table - automatically copy text

2012-02-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:09 01/02/2012 -0500, William Drescher wrote: On 2012-02-01 11:19, Paul Whitehurst wrote: I'm using tables in swriter that have text in them. I would like to insert text and have the text copied to other cells automatically. I know I can enter numbers and insert a formula that copies the