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Spreadsheets External Inset
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\begin_layout Author
Helge Hafting
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LatexCommand tableofcontents

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Test of spreadsheet external inset in LyX.
 Spreadsheets (created with Gnumeric, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org, or Excel)
 gets converted to .tex with the 
\family typewriter
ssconvert
\family default
 program that is distributed together with Gnumeric.
 They are then imported as longtables.
 As the spreadsheet is 
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External material
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, any changes to the spreadsheet will be reflected in LyX's output too.
 Thus, the LyX document is always up to date.
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How to do it
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Make a spreadsheet.
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In LyX use the menu Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
External Material.
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In the dialog, set template to 
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GnumericSpreadsheet
\family default
 and select your spreadsheet file.
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Simple examples
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First, the file 
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sheet1.gnumeric, 
\emph default
a spreadsheet created with Gnumeric:
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	template GnumericSpreadsheet
	filename sheet1.gnumeric

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Then 
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sheet2.ods, 
\emph default
which was made with OpenOffice.org:
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\begin_inset External
	template GnumericSpreadsheet
	filename sheet2.ods

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Finally 
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sheet3.xls 
\emph default
which was made for Excel.
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\begin_inset External
	template GnumericSpreadsheet
	filename sheet3.xls

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Long spreadsheets
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A multi-page spreadsheet called 
\emph on
longsheet.gnumeric
\emph default
.
 Notice that page breaking works fine:
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	template GnumericSpreadsheet
	filename longsheet.gnumeric

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Necessary software
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LyX needs the converter program 
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ssconvert
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 that is distributed with Gnumeric.
 It is therefore necessary to install Gnumeric, even if other software is
 used to create and edit the spreadsheets.
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Limitations
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Spreadsheet inclusion have some limitations.
 I don't know all of them, but have seen problem with this:
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\labelwidthstring Wide~spreadsheets
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Wide
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spreadsheets Unlike long spreadsheets, a spreadsheet wider than the margins
 doesn't work well.
 There is no attempt at breaking up such spreadsheets.
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\labelwidthstring Wide~spreadsheets
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Some
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formatting Some types of formatting doesn't work.
 The red and green texts in the long spreadsheet are underlined.
 The underlining doesn't show, but the texts is otherwise printed correctly.
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These limitations come from 
\family typewriter
ssconvert
\family default
.
 Feature requests for better spreadsheet conversions should therefore go
 to the Gnumeric developers.
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