On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 19:30, Ross Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 17:57 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > I have a spreadsheet with data in cols A1 through B225 (2 cols wide).  I
> > sort the data based on col A for one report and based on col B for a
> > different report.  I cobbled together a macro that pastes the first 52
> > pairs of values in col A of a new sheet then I get the next 52 pairs and
> > paste in col C of the new sheet.  The next 52 pairs then go under the
> > data in col A of the new sheet and finally the last 52 data pairs go
> > under the data in col C.  This gives me a nice compact report.
> > 
> > My question is, is there built-in functionality in calc to do this?  I
> > realize that a database program might have some advantages here but for
> > now I'm sticking to calc.
> 
> I'm probably not understanding your scheme, but can't you setup
> permanent cell references in the new sheet pointing back at the data
> sheet? The format that you described seems to be sufficiently fixed to
> be able to do that.
> 
> E.g. In the new sheet:
> 
> Cell A1: =DataSheet.A1
> Cell C1: =DataSheet.A53
> Cell A53: =DataSheet.A105
> 
> etc.
> 
> Then when you sort the data sheet, the new (Report) sheet should
> automatically update.
> 
> Ross
> 
That's slap my open palm up against my forehead exactly what I needed. Ross, 
thanks for
your grasp of what should have be obvious to me.

-- 
Fred

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