On Thursday 06 March 2008, Uwe Fischer wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> bill purvis wrote:
> > I've noticed a couple of times, but haven't been able to reproduce this.
> > I'm working on a multiple-sheet file, and noticed odd values appear where
> > they shouldn't. What seems to be happening is that values typed into a
> > cell on one sheet also appear on the corresponding cell in another sheet.
> > Deleting the erroneous value also deletes the correct value in the first
> > sheet. After saving the file, closing and reloading the file, the link
> > seems to be broken and the erroneous values can then be safely deleted.
>
> this may be called a bug or a feature.
> It depends - whether you need this or not, and whether you know about it
> or not.
> When you have selected more than one sheet and enter data to a cell, the
> data appears on all selected sheets.
> You select multiple sheets by clicking their names at the bottom of the
> Calc window while holding down the Ctrl key.
> The Calc Help has some more information: Press F1 in Calc, enter the
> index "sheets;selecting multiple"
>
> Uwe
After a bit of playing around, I see that the selecting multiple sheets
persists and must be explicitly cancelled by CTL-click. I would be
happier if the selection was a bit more visible. I have to squint to
distinguish the very light grey from white in the tab. No wonder I
didn't notice it!

Thanks again, I'll know for future occasions.

Bill
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