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Using spreadsheets in Impress

A spreadsheet embedded in Impress includes most of the functionality

of a spreadsheet in Calc and is therefore capable of performing

complex calculations and data analysis. However, if you plan to use

complex data or formulas, you are better off performing the necessary

operations in a separate Calc spreadsheet and use Impress only to

display the embedded spreadsheet with the results.

You may also be tempted to use spreadsheets in Impress for creating

complex tables or presenting data in a tabular format. However, the

Table Design feature (described in Chapter 3) is often more suitable

and faster.

Inserting a spreadsheet

To add a spreadsheet to a slide, select the corresponding layout in the

list of predefined layouts in the Tasks pane.

Figure 126: The spreadsheet layout in the Tasks pane

This inserts a placeholder for a spreadsheet in the center of a slide, as

shown in Figure 127. Double-click inside the frame to enter the edit

mode, shown in Figure 128, where you can insert data and modify the

formatting of the spreadsheet. See “Entering data” and “Formatting

spreadsheet cells” both on page 169.

It is also possible to insert a spreadsheet as an OLE object as described

in “Inserting other objects” on page 182.

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