There would be programmatic restrictions for having 256 I'm sure. Below is a reference to a document showing the trouble that the developers went to increasing the the row count to 65K : http://sc.openoffice.org/row-limit.html
You can, if your so inclined, re-code OOo to have greater than 256 columns... It may be possible to use more sheets (and link the last column of each sheet) in order to increase the actual number of columns. /paul On 2/14/06, Mark Greenbank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gordon, > > That's not a great answer, I'm afraid. > > Given that columns can build up rather quickly (especially formula columns > which aren't as neatly represented in a database) I'd one could just as > easily suggest that any program that has this kind of hard-coded limitation > rather than using dynamic memory allocation is not well designed. > > Mark > > On 2/13/06, Gordon Burgess-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > gottfried schmitt wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > I am a user of excel so far, which is limited in number of columns. Does > > > calc present the possibility of higher column number? > > > > > > Thanks for your answer. > > > > > > Gottfried Schmitt > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > Not AFAIK....If you absolutely NEED more than 256 columns then I suggest > > that your data is far too big for a spreadsheet and that you would be > > far better off using a database..... > > > > -- > > > > Registered Linux User no 240308 gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk to email > > me remove the obvious! > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
