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If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************ --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalcguidecellreferences_urlxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">References to Other Sheets and Referencing URLs</title> <filename>/text/scalc/guide/cellreferences_url.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2006-05-16T11:39:52">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150441"><bookmark_value>HTML; in sheet cells</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>references; URL in cells</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>cells; Internet references</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>URL; in Calc</bookmark_value> </bookmark><comment>mw deleted "sheet references;"</comment> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150441" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="CHG" oldref="15"><variable id="cellreferences_url"><link href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences_url.xhp" name="Referencing URLs">Referencing URLs</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1955626" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For example, if you found an Internet page containing current stock exchange information in spreadsheet cells, you can load this page in $[officename] Calc by using the following procedure:</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152993" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">In a $[officename] Calc document, position the cursor in the cell into which you want to insert the external data.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145384" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Choose <emph>Insert - Link to External Data</emph>. The <link href="text/scalc/01/04090000.xhp" name="External Data"><emph>External Data</emph></link> dialog appears.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152892" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Enter the URL of the document or Web page in the dialog. The URL must be in the format: http://www.my-bank.com/table.html. The URL for local or local area network files is the path seen in the <emph>File - Open</emph> dialog.</paragraph> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153068" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">$[officename] loads the Web page or file in the "background", that is, without displaying it. In the large list box of the <emph>External Data</emph> dialog, you can see the name of all the sheets or named ranges you can choose from.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153914" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">Select one or more sheets or named ranges. You can also activate the automatic update function every "n" minutes and click OK.</paragraph> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3157979" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">The contents will be inserted as a link in the $[officename] Calc document.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3144768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Save your spreadsheet. When you open it again later, $[officename] Calc will update the linked cells following an inquiry.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159204" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Under <link href="text/shared/optionen/01040900.xhp" name="Tools - Options - Spreadsheet - General"><emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - General</emph></link> you can choose to have the update, when opened, automatically carried out either always, upon request or never. The update can be started manually in the dialog under <emph>Edit - Links</emph>.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/webquery.xhp#webquery"/> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>