Hello!
I want to make a list of maybe 400-600 items, each with a thumbsize
image. Other data includes a major and minor category name, and
descriptive text. I want to be able to sort the list on the category
names, at least.
I have been experimenting with Calc and have of course come up against
the problem of images not sorting as part of rows. I much prefer the
simplicity of Calc to using Base (which I've never managed to master).
One solution I've thought of but not worked thru is to hold the images
in a separate Calc sheet and then in the main sheet refer to the image
cell address. Is there a clever way of then merging the sorted main
sheet and the images sheet so that the images are properly associated
with the descriptions - either for display only, but preferably for
print. Or some other way of achieving the same result?
A fall back solution is to create the main sheet, sort it, add the
images, then make changes only by deleting or adding rows. That'd be
acceptable, but limits new sorts that I don't anticipate now but may
find would be useful later on - such as sort by item $$ value.
I've looked on the 'net for catalogue systems for museums, art galleries
etc, and while they cover what I want they all have seemed to be over
complicated.
I'm running AOO 4.1.1 on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.5
thanks,
Mike Shearer
