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Basic

Edit

Use the commands in this menu to edit Calc sheets, for example, copying, pasting, and deleting cell contents.

Undo

Reverses the last command or the last entry you typed. To select the command that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Undo icon on the Standard bar.

Redo

Reverses the action of the last Undo command. To select the Undo step that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Redo icon on the Standard bar.

Repeat

Repeats the last command.

Cut

Removes and copies the selection to the clipboard.

Copy

Copies the selection to the clipboard.

Paste

Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the location of the cursor, and replaces any selected text or objects. Click the arrow next to the icon to select the format.

Paste Special

Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the current file in a format that you can specify.

Select All

Selects the entire content of the current file, frame, or text object.

Changes

Lists the commands that are available for tracking changes in your file.

Compare Document

Compares the current document with a document that you select.

Find & Replace

Searches for or replaces text or formats in the current document.

Navigator

Activates and deactivates the Navigator. The Navigator is a dockable window.

Headers & Footers

Allows you to define and format headers and footers.

Fill

Automatically fills cells with content.

Delete Contents

Specifies the contents to be deleted from the active cell or from a selected cell range.

Delete Cells

Completely deletes selected cells, columns or rows. The cells below or to the right of the deleted cells will fill the space.

Sheet

Edit commands for entire sheets.

Delete Manual Break

Choose the type of manual break that you want to delete.

Links

Lets you edit the properties of each link in the current document, including the path to the source file. This command is not available if the current document does not contain links to other files.

Plug-in

Allows you to edit plug-ins in your file. Choose this command to enable or disable this feature. When enabled, a check mark appears beside this command, and you find commands to edit the plug-in in its context menu. When disabled, you find commands to control the plug-in in its context menu.

ImageMap

Allows you to attach URLs to specific areas, called hotspots, on a graphic or a group of graphics. An image map is a group of one or more hotspots.

Object

Lets you edit a selected object in your file that you inserted with the Insert - Object command.

Index

undoing,editing

editing,undoing

restoring,editing

redo command

repeating, commands

commands, repeating

cutting

clipboard, cutting

clipboard, Unix

copying, in Unix

pasting, from clipboard

clipboard, pasting

cell ranges,pasting

cells,pasting

pasting,cell ranges

Navigator,for sheets

navigating,in spreadsheets

displaying, scenario names

scenarios,displaying names

plug-ins, activating and deactivating

activating,plug-ins

deactivating, plug-ins

This help text is published from the OpenOffice-Help files under the Public Documentation License 1.0.

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