On Sunday April 16 2006 04:49 pm, James wrote:
> On 4/15/2006 1:21 PM Dan Lewis spoke:
> > On Friday April 14 2006 12:37 am, Celeste Marinovich wrote:
> >> I have been waiting for later versions of Open Office to see if this
> >> problem is corrected. In Open Office Calc spreadmsheets,when you are
> >> in a file, (say the 'target file') and link to another file (say: the
> >> source file), then change figures in the source file, the target file
> >> figures do not update. This is still happening in Version 2.02.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Celeste Marinovich
> >
> > Remember that the target file is linked to the source file on the
> > hard drive. It is not linked to what you see on the screen which is
> > located in RAM. To update the link, you must
> > 1) Save the source file.
> > 2) Edit > Links (This opens the Edit Links window.)
> > 3) Click the Update button.
> > 4) Click Close to close the Edit Links window.
> >
> > Dan
>
> An easier way is "Tools/Update/Update all".
It would be easier if it were possible. My version of OOo (Linux
2.0.2) does not have that option when linking two spreadsheets as the OP
mentioned. The Tools menu does not contain an Update listing. Furthermore,
Edit > Links lists all links as manual updates with no way to change them
to automatic.
Dan
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