Hi :) I did something similar once. It's easier to keep the data intact, in the 3 separate columns for data entry and for sorting the lists into alphabetical order and stuff but then use a 2nd worksheet (2nd tab at the bottom) to use formulas to add the 3 names together. eg A2 = Sheet1.A2 & " " & Sheet1.B2 & " " & Sheet1.C2 You might have renamed the worksheet tabs so just swap the new name for "Sheet1" but still make sure there is a dot . after it and before the cell address.
There are issues with "Data Protection" and respecting people's right to privacy but if they have given you their addresses and know that it's for sharing with the whole class then that sort-of implies that they have given you permission. I'm not sure wheter it's legally enough but it probably gives you a good position. Good luck and regards from Tom :) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Roxy Robinson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 15:51:55 > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Merge cell problem LO3.3.2.2 > > I have a 15 page spreadsheet of classmate addresses, phone numbers, email, > etc. >I "manipulate" this information in several different ways to give my >classmates >different kinds of "directories". Anyway, their names are in the first 3 >columns. This particular spreadsheet is going to include ALL the information >on >each person, will be printed on legal sized paper in landscape format, so I >need >a little more room to contain everything on the width of the page. > So (SEVERAL TIMES) I have merged the cells in the first 3 columns. This >contains the parts of their names, and allows me to conserve enough room to >get >everything on the width of the page. But every time I close LO, and then come >back to work on this spreadsheet, the cells are no longer "merged". They will >not stay merged. I haven't gotten all the way through the spreadsheet - at one > >time - to merge the cells. Would the "un-merged" cells that are left in the 3 >columns keep the ones above them from staying merged, or am I doing something >wrong? I just don't understand - time after time - I merge them, come back and > >they are no long merged?????????? > Roxy > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] > 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 > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] 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
