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6.9
Reading Files with Multiple Worksheets.
Some Excel files have more than one worksheet. In order to read cells, rows, or columns of cells within a given
worksheet, you must first move to it. You can move to the next or previous sheet, or you can open the dialog
"Go to Sheet" with b+B8B9, where you can select the name of the desired sheet. The navigation commands
can also be found under menu item Navigation > Sheet in the command menu.
Next sheet: B5B6
Previous sheet: B2B3
When you first move within the opened Excel file between worksheets the Spreadsheet Viewer presents the
first cell (A1) of each sheet. If you have switched to a worksheet and moved to another cell position (e.g. A10),
returning to this worksheet in future will return to the last presented cell of the sheet.
6.10 Find and Find next.
With the find option you can search for text or parts of text in the cell content.
You can determine whether the text is searched for only within the cells of the current worksheet, or within all
worksheets in the currently opened Excel file. With another option you can determine whether the search
mode should search by row or column. With the by-row option, the search string is searched within the sheet
from top to bottom. With the by-column option, the search string is searched from left to right.
To get started, open the command menu with a brief press of the system key S3, and then select menu item
Find > Find New, which opens a dialog. Enter the search string, and then specify the search mode to begin the
search. Assuming the search string is found, the cursor will move to the appropriate cell position and display
the cell coordinates and content on the braille display.
It is also possible to "Find next". This is located in command menu under menu option Find > Find next. You
can also use the shortcut command, 3+B8B9 (number 3 with B8B9), or use display buttons D1D4D6. This will
repeat the search within the sheet according to the search mode specified earlier.
6.11 Define Column Heading.
You can assign the cell contents of a row to become headings of the columns.
In the sheet move to the row or to one cell of the row, in which the cells contain the entries you want to define
as column headings. Open command menu and select the menu item "Tools > Set current row as column
heading".
The result is, that in future you get this column heading in addition to the cell content and the cell coordinates.
This additional information is set in brackets.
6.12 Define Row Heading.
You can assign the cell contents of a column to become headings of the rows.
Move to the column or to one cell of the column in which the cells contain the entries you want to define as row
headings. Open the command menu and select the menu item Tools > Set current column as row heading. In
future, these assigned row titles will appear in addition to the cell content and the cell coordinates. This
additional information is set in brackets.
6.13 Edit or Delete Heading Definition.
If you define another row as column headings, this replaces the former column heading definition. If you
define another column as row heading this replaces the former row heading definition.
If you want to delete all headings in the current sheet, open the command menu and select menu item Tools >
Clear current sheet headings. Headings that you have defined in other worksheets of the Excel file are not
affected by this command and remain unchanged.
The Spreadsheet Viewer application saves the heading information for up to 1,000 sheets in a database called
ssviewer.sdf, which can be found in the USER folder. This ensures that the assigned headings are not lost
when you open the Excel file again in future.
6.14 Reading Cell Comments.
The cells of Excel files can on occasion have a cell comment. While this comment is not presented along with
regular cell content, you do have access to it. To get it, open the command menu and select the menu item
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