Faq/Calc/en

Editing

 * How can I continue to see the titles of columns or rows when I go down the sheet or to the right?
 * How can I see all the rows/columns? Some of them are hidden.
 * How to change the order of individual sheets in a spreadsheet?
 * How to move a single cell?
 * How to move columns?
 * How to deselect one sheet in a spreadsheet after having selected several?
 * What is the maximum number of cells, rows, columns and sheets in a LibreOffice spreadsheet?
 * How to quickly get to the last row or column?
 * How to have the columns numerically instead of alphabetically?
 * How to select all the data on a sheet?
 * How to select two cells that are not adjacent?
 * How to make a carriage return take you to the row below and the cell to the left?
 * How to find all the special characters in a document?
 * How do I create my own sort lists?
 * How to insert a variable date into a cell?
 * How to insert a fixed date or time?
 * How to use the autofilter?
 * I want to write "abc" in a cell and Calc prevents me from doing so (it adds a capital letter)?
 * How to deactivate the capital letter at the beginning of a phrase?
 * How to suppress the auto-completion of words?
 * How to enter a percentage value into a cell?
 * I can't modify styles?
 * How to insert a row into the first row before a matrix?
 * How to add a row to a range (list) of data?
 * How to search for several terms at once?
 * Some keyboard shortcuts that I used to use in OpenOffice.org don't work as before.
 * Keyboard shortcuts for Calc
 * How to copy comments from one cell to another?
 * How to update references to linked cells when copying form controls?
 * How to convert number text to numeric data?

Opening / Importing / Exporting / Saving

 * How do I open a text file with separate fields in a spreadsheet? What if there are different field delimiters?
 * How to ensure that numbers are recognized when importing a text file (CSV,...)?
 * How to open text files with extensions other than .CSV or .TXT (.TAB, .PRN,...) in Calc?
 * How to paste text into more than one column?
 * How do I export data from my spreadsheet into an ASCII text file with field delimiters?
 * How to retrieve the content of cells originating from other files?
 * I have converted a large spreadsheet from another application to LibreOffice. Some rows are missing. What has happened?
 * Is it possible to open a password-protected Excel file in LibreOffice?
 * How to remove the read-only attribute?
 * How to import data tables from an Internet site and have them automatically updated?
 * How to have only one sheet when creating a new document?
 * How to remove a Password Protected Sheet Flag?

Printing

 * How do I print my spreadsheet correctly?
 * How do I select a row/column in my spreadsheet so that it will be repeated on each page when printed?
 * How to insert a page number in the style 'page 1 of N' on each page of a worksheet?
 * How to insert a logo or a graphic into the header?
 * How to choose the orientation of a sheet?
 * How to print some sheets in landscape and others in portrait orientation?
 * How to display the edges of a page as in text processing?
 * How to print only part of a sheet?
 * How do I print on one page only, when my spreadsheet covers several pages?
 * How to control the printing zoom in order to limit the number of pages printed?
 * How do I print my sheet across the whole page, when it is quite small and occupies only part of the printed page?
 * Why does my sheet or part of my sheet refuse to print? I can't see it in print preview mode.
 * How do I center my table on the page?
 * How to avoid printing zero values?

Formatting

 * How to have more than three conditions in a Conditional Format?
 * How to hide cell contents without having to protect the sheet?
 * How to use Icon Set Conditional Formatting?
 * How to apply a Color Scale Conditional Format?
 * How to use Data Bar Conditional Format?
 * How to use apply conditional formatting to adjacent cells?
 * My IF function returns TRUE or FALSE instead of a number?

Errors

 * How to view the contents of a cell which displays ###?
 * What do the error codes (Err : NNN ) correspond to?

Formulas

 * I have a column for given names and one for surnames. I want a third one with given name.surname
 * Why instead of calculating, does LibO calculate   ?
 * How to convert relative to absolute coordinates quickly (effectively adding a ')?
 * Where is the solver in Calc?
 * How to carry out a cumulative calculation using iterations?
 * Calc makes arithmetic errors adding/subtracting simple numbers!

Charts

 * How to create a chart for which the data are updated automatically on editing?
 * How to edit the data range of a chart?
 * How to design a chart with two Y axes?
 * How to place the axes where you want them in a chart of type X-Y?

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