Brian,
correct me if I’m wrong but it looks like hiding the unwanted cells makes the 
scrolling really slow…

Thanks

Lorenzo


Il giorno 15/mar/2014, alle ore 20:56, Brian Barker <[email protected]> 
ha scritto:

> At 17:25 15/03/2014 +0100, Lorenzo Noname wrote:
>> a spreadsheet has thousands of lines and hundreds of columns. Most users 
>> (like me) don't need that many cells. Is there any way to limit the amount 
>> of lines and rows in a specific file?
> 
> As has been suggested, there is usually no overhead in having so many rows 
> and columns.  Until they are used, they exist only in the screen display and 
> are not (explicitly) saved in the document file.
> 
> At 20:29 15/03/2014 +0100, Lorenzo Noname wrote:
>> It is actually an usability improvement I'm after. If you are using a mouse 
>> with an inertial scrolling (such as an Apple mouse or trackpad) and you want 
>> to get to the end of your sheet, you can do a strong stroke with your 
>> finger. Problem is, you don't get to the end of your used field, most of the 
>> time you end up in the middle of nowhere among unused cells…. It would be 
>> nice to limit the size of your sheet then…
> 
> Someone has already beaten me to the suggestion of Ctrl+End, which moves to 
> the last occupied cell.
> 
> Another idea is to hide the rows and columns beyond those you are using; this 
> is easily done using Format | Row > | Hide and Format | Column > | Hide.  
> Ctrl+down-arrow and Ctrl+right-arrow usually move to the last row and column 
> respectively, but will move to the last unhidden row and column if you have 
> hidden the rest.  I hope (and believe) that you will find that your mouse 
> action is also limited to the unhidden region of your sheet.
> 
> I trust this helps.
> 
> Brian Barker
> 
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