Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Importing a row from a spreadsheet

And as if to suggest there may be some sort of mismatch interference
going on, I now find the same mistake about 'reply' as before has recurred.

Sorry again, Alan.

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Subject:        Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing a row from a spreadsheet
Date:   Mon, 1 May 2023 10:25:23 +0100
From:   Ian Graham <idgraham@btinternet.com>
To:     Alan B <aboba0@gmail.com>



Good morning, Alan and group

Thank you for your continuing interest in this, Alan.

What you describe is what I first attempted, on the basis of using
LibreOffice for many years. However, my original outcome was not as you
described, which is what set me off searching further.

I have now tried again done what you have said, twice, first inserting
the cursor in the first LH cell of the Writer table, and secondly
selecting the whole row. Both times if I simply 'Paste', what I get
seems to be a graphic ie image of the selected part of the spreadsheet,
with no obvious relation to the created table, and no editable capacity.

I am in Trisquel, which is a somewhat ipsative version of Gnu Linux, and
I'm now wondering if that may have something to do with the responses
I'm getting.

And just for the avoidance of doubt, I have found a work-round I can
live with, as I noted in an earlier post.

Sincerely

Ian G.


On 30/04/2023 19:56, Alan B wrote:
> Ian, if you reply, please reply to users@global.libreoffice.org, not
> my email. Thank you.
>
> I created a twelve (12) column spreadsheet, A to L, with two rows in
> Calc, then selected A1:L2, then copied and pasted it into Write.
>
> That had the same result as you described, columns disappearing off
> the right of the page.
>
> HOWEVER, when I created an empty one (1) row, twelve (12) column table
> in Write FIRST and then pasted the Calc selection into it (cursor at
> R1, C1 of table in Write) both rows were pasted into the table and the
> table did not expand beyond the margins of the page.
>
> If you haven't tried creating a blank, one row table in Write, with
> the same number of columns as your source spreadsheet, give that a shot.
>
> Create the table in Write. Only need one row but need the same number
> of columns as in your source spreadsheet.
>
> Then, copy the rows and columns in the spreadsheet.
>
> And finally paste into R1, C1 in the Write table.
>
> See if that produces the result you're looking for.
>
> Also, if you wish to have an individual one row table in Write for
> each item in the catalog, proceed with the copy/paste as described
> above. The resulting table in Write will have one row for each row
> pasted from Calc.
>
> To separate the rows in Write, put your cursor in any row, then select
> Table>Split Table... from the menu. Select the "No heading" option and
> click "OK" button. Repeat as many times as you need to break the table
> into individual rows.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 6:48 AM Ian Graham <idgraham@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Good morning from Wales, UK
>
>
>     I am a member of a local Heritage Society which some years ago
>     created a
>     digital archive of several hundred photographs.
>
>     The archive is indexed in an Excel-type document, which was
>     possibly not
>     very skilfully formated at the time. The index comprises 12 columns,
>     A>L, in an A4 Landscape layout, but the actual document seems to
>     extend
>     rightwards almost to infinity.
>
>     I would now like to create new individual ‘slides’, probably as pdfs,
>     uniting each image with the information about it. But I have not yet
>     worked out the best method by which to import the information from the
>     *.ods.
>
>
>     One difficulty is that a ‘copy’ of a row from the dbase does not paste
>     neatly into a new document – it always seems to spill out to the
>     right.
>
>     The other difficulty is choosing the best method of pasting. I have
>     tried all the ‘paste special’ options, and none of them seem to
>     offer a
>     one-stop-shop route of import.
>
>
>     I have tried, for instance, creating a new table of 12 equal columns
>     that fits on my new page, with the idea of pasting into it, and then
>     sorting out the spacings, but I have not yet even found a way of
>     so pasting.
>
>     The best method I have come up with so far is simply pasting the
>     copied
>     row as unformated text, and then manually inserting the various
>     elements
>     into the appropriate cell of a new table; which achieves the desired
>     result in the end, but is going to be cumbersome over several hundred
>     photos.
>
>     Any suggestions as to the most efficient way to proceed will be
>     greatly
>     appreciated.
>
>     Sincerely
>
>     Ian Graham
>
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