Chetan S wrote:
On 9/8/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Rony wrote:
Problem 1: His file consists of many rows and columns. Cells in each row are related to each other. Now in Excel he can sort columns individually and during each sorting, entire rows get sorted. So after every sort, the cells in each row are the same. It is the entire row that gets sorted. In OO he can sort columns but it sorts cells in that column only and this breaks the row and ultimately the table cells get cross connected.
Another problem is that if a cell is given a colour, after sorting, the cell shifts but the colour is stationary in the older cell location irrespective of sort changes.
I don't know which version you are using however I do regularly sort set of columns by selecting the set. If you select only one column OO assumes you need to sort just that.
I have installed OO 2.2. He selects the entire table by clicking the top left corner and then uses sort. For columns he moves the horizontal scroll bar right to get the required column in first place on screen and then sorts. In M$ he can do it in a hierarchical manner and sort rows accordingly.
As mentioned in the next mail, cell colours don't move with the cell after a sort.
Similarly let him define a range for the given data and then he should be able to select it very quickly and do multiple operations on it.
OO < 2.2 is slow in some things, 2.3 holds promise in terms of speed and is far more full featured than any other opensource office solutions. Comes as a part of gutsy right now.
He is using windows and .xls format.