You can cycle through these options by clicking on the selection mode.Īn asterisk ( *) appears if changes are not saved. This can also be down by a Ctrl-click on a cell. A mouse click in a marked cell unmarks it. In ADD, a mouse click in a cell adds it to the already marked cells. This can also be done by a Shift-click on a cell. In EXT or extend, a mouse click marks a rectangular range from the current cell to the cell you clicked. In STD or standard, mouse click selects the cell you have clicked on and unmarks all marked cells. Typing in overwrite mode replaces text after the cursor position.ĭisplays the current selection mode. Insert mode will insert text after the cursor position moves forward. To edit the page style, double-click on this field and the Page Style dialog will open.Ĭlick to toggle between INST (Insert) mode and OVER (Overwrite) mode. It is very similar to the Writer's status bar with some differences.ĭisplays the current sheet number and the total number of sheets.ĭisplays the current page style. The status bar is located at the bottom of the window. The manipulation of these sheets will be discussed later in this guide. Each of these sheets is an independent blank sheet of cells. It also displays the contents of a cell before the execution of the function.īy default, when you open a new Calc document, there with be three sheets which can be accessed using the sheets tabs. Finally, the input line allows you to input data and functions into cells. The function button adds an equal sign to the input line to prepare for the input of a function expression. The sum function button adds the sum function into the input line. The function wizard will be discussed later in the guide. The function wizard button will open another window with the functions available in Apache OpenOffice Calc. The name box shows what cell or group of cells that are currently selected. The formula bar has five components: the name box, the function wizard, the sum function, the function button and the input line.
In this section, we will show you the unique aspects of the OpenOffice Calc interface. Many of the menus and toolbars of the OpenOffice Calc interface are similar to those already discussed in the Writer's Guide. In order to change the view to display the print area choose View → Page Break Preview.Īs already discussed in the chapter Apache OpenOffice User Interface, there are many menus and toolbars that make up the interface of OpenOffice components. This view displays the range of cells without indicating the borders of the print area.
When you open the Calc window, the document will be displayed by default in the view option "Normal".
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