What's New In Calc - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - APPLICATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Application Manual

3.1 What's New in Calc?

Find some major enhancements listed below.
Spreadsheet Collaboration
It is now possible to share a spreadsheet with other users. To do so, click Tools >
Share Document. In the dialog that appears, activate the sharing mode and save
the document. This creates a lock file .~sharing. .ods# in the same directory
to store the list of users who are currently accessing the document. When a different
user, tux opens the file, he is informed about the sharing mode and can make his
changes to the file. When he wants to save his changes (and the document has been
modified by another user in the meantime), a message appears. Upon saving the
document, the changes of both users will be merged.
NOTE: Access Permissions
Note that all writers working on the shared document need writing permis-
sion for both the shared file and the lock file.
Higher Number of Columns Per Calc Sheet
Instead of only 256 columns per spreadsheet, OpenOffice.org can now handle 1024
columns per spreadsheet.
The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org includes the following additional features available
in Calc:
Variable Formula Syntax Support (Calc A1, Excel A1, and Excel R1C1)
Accessible from the Options dialog: Click Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Calc
> Calculate and select the respective Formula Syntax.
Support of External Range Names
Allows users to access named ranges in external documents like you can in
Microsoft Excel. For example,
=SUM('file:///external.ods'#NamedRange)
Support for Encrypted Excel Export
Allows you to save to an *.xls file with password and encrypt its content. Click
File > Save As... and select the Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP (.xls) format. Set the
checkbox Save with password, save and type your password.
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