uses for OFFSET() (was Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet)

2015-04-28 Thread Tim Deaton
I find OFFSET() quite useful whenever I build a table with a running balance (for instance where the balance in X10 = X9+W10). Without the OFFSET() function, if I needed to insert a row between rows 9 & 10, the new row would not be included in the running balance unless I edited the formula.

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-26 Thread jelly
nt: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:17 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:46:23 -0700 James E Lang wrote: > The main thing I'm not understanding is whether the formula is to be one fixed > place or if after 3 data points it is in cell X but after

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-25 Thread James E Lang
nt: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:17 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:46:23 -0700 James E Lang wrote: > The main thing I'm not understanding is whether the formula is to be one fixed > place or if after 3 data points it is in cell X but after

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-25 Thread James E Lang
: Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:53:38 -0700 James E Lang wrote: > You did not correct any of my suppositions so here is my very detailed > recommendation. Note that my quotation marks surrounding text are NOT to be > keyed > into the spr

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-25 Thread James E Lang
nikolic To: James E Lang Sent: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 8:38 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 01:30:53 -0700 James E Lang wrote: > Pete, > > Pardon me. I'm confused. > > When you say C5 (for example) which do you mean, Row 5 in Column

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-25 Thread James E Lang
Apr 2015 23:43 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:36:10 -0700 James E Lang wrote: > Pete, > > You still leave a lot unsaid such as whether the result is in a single fixed > location, what if anything is in the even numbered rows of colum

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-24 Thread James E Lang
ri, 24 Apr 2015 14:20 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet pete nikolic wrote: > if we start as will be the case C3 will contain say 50 (the actual > dates are > of little importance ) a month later C5 will be say 47 and so on every > month

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-24 Thread Piet van Oostrum
pete nikolic wrote: > if we start as will be the case C3 will contain say 50 (the actual > dates are > of little importance ) a month later C5 will be say 47 and so on every > month > the next cell would be C7 then C9 then C11 what i need is to be able to > automatically pic

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-24 Thread pete nikolic
On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:52:47 +0100 Brian Barker wrote: > At 21:00 24/04/2015 +0100, Pete Nikolic wrote: > >I need to be able to select the last 3 in a series of cells that > >change on a weekly basis so in > >week 1: there would be 1 cell - no action > >week 2: 2 cells - no action > >week 3: 3 c

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:00 24/04/2015 +0100, Pete Nikolic wrote: I need to be able to select the last 3 in a series of cells that change on a weekly basis so in week 1: there would be 1 cell - no action week 2: 2 cells - no action week 3: 3 cells - sum three cells week 4: 4 cells - sum last three week 5: 5 cells

Re: [libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-24 Thread Piet van Oostrum
pete nikolic wrote: > > Hi Folks .. > > > I need to be able to select the last 3 in a series of cells that change on > a weekly > basis > > > > so i week 1 there would be 1 cell no action > week 2 2 cells no action > week 3

[libreoffice-users] selecting cells in calc sheet

2015-04-24 Thread pete nikolic
Hi Folks .. I need to be able to select the last 3 in a series of cells that change on a weekly basis so i week 1 there would be 1 cell no action week 2 2 cells no action week 3 3 cell sum three cells week 4