2009/11/9 Walter Hildebrandt <[email protected]>: > You ask "Why don't you use the Conditional Formatting menu to do what you > want?" I was told that Styles was a good way to do what I wanted to do so I > decided to use Styles > I had no experience and very little understanding of either Styles or > Conditional Formatting. I assumed Styles was easier to learn and use. I > now have decided to learn and use Conditional Formatting instead of Styles. > I am starting by checking the OOo website to see what information is > available. > > Walter >
As I tried to explain earlier, both methods (or all three, I think someone suggested a third way to do the same thing) will work but they are suitable for different situations. As I explained, Style() is very good if you need more than three different styles depending on value of a cell. Just name the styles in a smart way and you can do funny stuff, and also useful stuff. In this case, conditional formatting is just as good, if not better. I am pretty sure I mentioned that, if not I apologize. But what's the point mentioning the same method that somebody else already mentioned? So I mentioned another solution. Since I understand that you are a beginner and you seem to be interested in learning, I just thought that I should, or at least could, inform you about this method. Maybe it's not the most suitable for your current problem, but as you go forward in learning this method maybe will give you some inspiration later. Well, something like that anyway. I didn't mean to confuse you, sorry if that happened. Johnny Rosenberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
