Opening existing spreadsheets

Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3.x

Chapter 5: Getting Started with Calc

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• Parts of the main Calc window
• Starting new spreadsheets
• Opening existing spreadsheets
• Saving spreadsheets
• Navigating within spreadsheets
• Selecting items in a sheet or a spreadsheet
• Working with spreadsheets
• Viewing Calc
• Entering data using the keyboard
• Speeding up data entry
• Editing data
• Formatting data
• Autoformatting cells and sheets
• Formatting spreadsheets using themes
• Hiding and showing data
• Sorting records
• Printing from Calc

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An existing spreadsheet can also be opened from any component of OOo.

From the menu bar

Click File and then select Open.

From the toolbar

Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar.

From the keyboard

Use the key combination Control+O.

Each of these options displays the Open dialog, where you can locate the spreadsheet that you want to open.

Opening CSV Files

1. Choose File > Open.
2. Locate the CSV file that you want to open.
3. If the file has a *.csv extension, select the file and click Open.
4. If the file has another extension (for example, *.txt), select the file, select Text CSV in the File type box (scroll down into the spreadsheet section to find it) and then click Open.
5. On the Text Import dialog (Figure 6), select the Separator options to divide the text in the file into columns.