LibreOffice-Suite-Calc/C2/Working-with-data/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
Time | Narration |
00:00 | Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on LibreOffice Calc – Working with data. |
00:06 | In this tutorial, we will learn about: |
00:09 | Speed up using Fill tools and Selection lists. |
00:13 | Sharing content between sheets. |
00:16 | Removing data, replacing data and changing part of a data. |
00:23 | Here we are using:Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 andLibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. |
00:32 | Entering data into a spreadsheet can be very labor-intensive but Calc provides several tools for making it considerably easier. |
00:42 | The most basic ability is to drag and drop the contents of one cell to another with a mouse. |
00:49 | But Calc also includes several other tools for automating input, especially of repetitive material. |
00:57 | These tools are namely- Fill tool, Selection lists. |
01:01 | These can input information into multiple sheets of the same document. |
01:06 | We will learn about each one of them one by one. |
01:09 | Let us open our “Personal-Finance-Tracker.ods” file. |
01:14 | The Fill tool is a useful method for duplicating the contents in the sheet. |
01:19 | In our “Personal-Finance-Tracker.ods” file, let's say- we want to copy the data under the heading Cost to the adjacent cells. |
01:30 | Then, first select all the data which needs to be copied by clicking on the cell which contains the entry “6000”. |
01:38 | Now, holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse till the end of the cell which contains the cost entry “2000”. |
01:46 | Also, select the cells where we want to copy the data. |
01:51 | Now, release the left mouse button. |
01:53 | Click on the Edit option in the menu bar and then click on the Fill option. |
01:59 | In the pop-up menu, click on the Right option. |
02:03 | You see that the data under the heading “Cost” gets copied to the adjacent cells. |
02:09 | Let us undo the changes. |
02:12 | A more complex use of the Fill tool is to use it for filling some series as data in sheets. |
02:20 | Calc provides default lists for the full and abbreviated days of the week and the months of the year. |
02:27 | It also enables the user to create his own lists. |
02:34 | Now, let's insert a new heading named “Days” in our sheet. |
02:38 | Under this, we will display the seven days of the week automatically. |
02:43 | Select the first seven cells below the heading “Days”. |
02:48 | Now, click on the Edit option in the menu bar and go to the Fill option. |
02:53 | Click on the Series option in the menu. |
02:57 | You see that a dialog-box appears with the heading as “Fill Series”. |
03:02 | Now, under the heading- “Series type”, click on the “AutoFill” option. |
03:07 | In the “Start value” field, we type our first day of the week, that is “Sunday”. |
03:13 | The increment is already set as “1”.Now, click on the OK button. |
03:18 | You see that the days are automatically entered into the cells. |
03:23 | You can enter only weekdays, month or year by the same method as they are pre-defined in Calc. |
03:32 | Another method for auto-filling of sequential data is as follows- |
03:37 | Type “Sunday” in a cell and press Enter. This will shift the focus to the next cell in the column. |
03:46 | Go back to the cell where “Sunday” was typed. You will now see a small black box at the bottom-right-hand corner of the cell. |
03:55 | Click on this box with the mouse. |
03:57 | Drag it downwards till you see Saturday in the display box on the right. |
04:04 | Release the mouse button. |
04:06 | The cells get filled with the weekdays automatically. |
04:10 | This trick works for all data that are sequential. Let us undo the changes. |
04:17 | You can also create a one-time fill series for numbers by entering the start, end and the increment values. |
04:24 | To demonstrate this, we will first delete the serial numbers already entered in the cells “A1” to “ A7”. |
04:33 | After deleting the numbers, select the cells referenced as “A2” to “A7” again. |
04:40 | Now, click on the Edit in the menu bar and then on Fill and Series option. |
04:46 | A dialog-box appears in front of us.Now, click on the Linear option, under the heading “Series type”, if it is not selected by default. |
04:57 | In the “Start value” field, we will type the first serial number- that is “1”. |
05:03 | In the “End value” field, we will type the last value to be entered as “6”. |
05:08 | Now, we set the “Increment” value as “1” and finally click on the OK button. |
05:14 | We see that the cells automatically get filled with the sequential serial numbers. |
05:21 | In all these cases, the Fill tool creates only a momentary connection between the cells. Once they are filled, the cells have no further connection with one another. |
05:32 | Apart from Fill tools, there is one more speed up tool called “Selection lists” which is limited to using only text. |
05:40 | We will discuss it in the later tutorials of this series. |
05:45 | After learning about the “Fill tools” and “Selection lists”, we will now learn how to share content between sheets. |
05:52 | Calc enables a user to enter the same information in the same cell on multiple sheets. |
05:58 | This means, instead of entering the same list on each sheet individually, you can enter it in all the sheets at once. |
06:07 | In our “Personal-Finance-Tracker.ods” file, our entire data is on Sheet 1. |
06:14 | Now, we want “Sheet 2” as well as “Sheet 3” to show the same data as in Sheet 1. |
06:21 | So, we click on the Edit option in the menu bar and then click on the “Sheet” option. |
06:27 | Now, click on Select. |
06:30 | Now, in the dialog-box which appears, using shift key we select the options Sheet 1, “Sheet 2” and Sheet 3. |
06:40 | And then click on the OK button. |
06:42 | This takes us back to Sheet 1. |
06:45 | Now, let's enter some data in “Sheet 1”. |
06:49 | For example- in the cell referenced as “F12”, we’ll type “This will be displayed on multiple sheets”. |
06:57 | Now, click on the “Sheet 2” and the “Sheet 3” tab one after the other. |
07:02 | We see that in each of these sheets, the cell referenced as “F12” contains the same data. |
07:09 | Let us undo the changes. |
07:12 | Next, we will learn about different ways in which we can delete and edit data in the cells. |
07:18 | To delete data without removing any of the formatting of the cell, just select a cell. |
07:25 | You see that the data of the cell is displayed in the “Input line” field. |
07:30 | Now, press the Backspace button on the keyboard. |
07:35 | You see that the data gets deleted. |
07:37 | Let us undo the changes. |
07:39 | To replace the data in a cell, simply select the cell and type over the old data. |
07:46 | The new data will retain the original formatting.Let us undo the changes. |
07:52 | In order to change a part of the data in a cell, without removing all of the contents, just double-click on the cell. |
08:01 | Now, by navigating the cursor, you can edit the cell as per your requirement. |
08:07 | Let us undo the changes. |
08:09 | This brings us to the end of the Spoken Tutorial on LibreOffice Calc: |
08:15 | To summarize, we learned about: |
08:17 | Speed up using Fill tools and Selection lists. |
08:20 | Sharing content between sheets. |
08:23 | Removing data, replacing data, changing a part of the data. |
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