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Advanced Editing in Star Office Calc

StarOffice Calc Feature List - "Advanced Editing"

Track Changes

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Highlight modifications

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Accept refuse/modifications

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Modification log

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Sort modifications by author

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Sort modifications by date

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Accept more than one modification at a time

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Merge documents

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Compare documents

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Comments

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Check comments continuously

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Versioning

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Create new version

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Create new version automatically

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Switch between versions

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Delete versions

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Insert note

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Compare versions

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Filter Functions

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

AutoFilter

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Top Ten filter

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Standard filter

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Special filter

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Continuous filter

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Maintain format after update

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Insert/delete rows after update

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Auditing Features

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Circular reference (single occurrence)

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Circular reference (multiple occurrence)

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Display preceding cell dependency graphically

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Display succeeding cell dependency graphically

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Update detective traces

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Automatic update of detective traces

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Find invalid values

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Select cells containing only text, value or formula

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Find cells containing file links or DDE links

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Number of different error type cells

7

7

 
         
 

What-If Analysis

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Number of entries for data table

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Frequency distribution

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Goal seeking

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Drag & drop fields for viewing

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Security Features

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Password-protect spreadsheet from display

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Password-protect spreadsheet against changes

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Password-protect range of cells from display

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Password-protect range of cells against changes

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Consolidation Features

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Consolidate sheets-number of functions

11

11

 
 

Consolidate dissimilar sheets

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Consolidate across rows or columns

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Consolidate with links to source files

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Report Generation

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Save named report format

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Scale worksheet at print time

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Print fit-to-page

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Specify number of pages to fit to

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Print a spreadsheet chart only

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Select page range

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Print grid lines

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Center print range on the page

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Control direction of printing

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Print/don't print graphic objects

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Multi-Sheet Capability

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

User-selected 3D range for commands

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User-selected 3D range for functions

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User-selected non-contiguous 3D ranges

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Enter data simultaneously in multiple sheets

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Group worksheet for identical settings

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Change order of spreadsheets by dragging

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Link to active or inactive file

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Link to range names

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Cell moves update references in dependent sheets

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DDE links

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OLE support

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Charting Options

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Maximum data sets per graph

256

65K

 
 

Chart templates

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Place/resize chart

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Graph a range of data in one step

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In-place chart editing

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Graph by row or column

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Name charts

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Incorporate free form drawing/symbols

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Chart preview

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Chart as shown

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Chart Types

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

3-D charts with OpenGL support

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Area graphs

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Doughnut graphs

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Grouped (clustered or comparative) bars

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High/low/close bars

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Horizontal bars

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Line graphs

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Pie charts

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Radar graphs

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Scatter plots

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Surface graphs

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Titles, Legends and Axis

MS 2000

SO 5.1

 
 

Move chart title or legend position

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Shadow boxes around any title

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Skip factor

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Angle axis labels

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User-specified formatting of axis numbers

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Scales can be logarithmic

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User can set division factor for scaling

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Major/minor grid options

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