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If not, see 27 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29 * 30************************************************************************ 31--> 32 33 34<meta> 35<topic id="textscalcguidecellreferences_urlxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">References to Other Sheets and Referencing URLs</title> 37<filename>/text/scalc/guide/cellreferences_url.xhp</filename> 38</topic> 39</meta> 40<body> 41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150441"><bookmark_value>HTML; in sheet cells</bookmark_value> 42<bookmark_value>references; URL in cells</bookmark_value> 43<bookmark_value>cells; Internet references</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>URL; in Calc</bookmark_value> 45</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "sheet references;"</comment> 46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150441" role="heading" level="1" l10n="CHG" 47oldref="15"><variable id="cellreferences_url"><link href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences_url.xhp" name="Referencing URLs">Referencing URLs</link> 48</variable></paragraph> 49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1955626" role="paragraph" 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> 50<list type="ordered"> 51<listitem> 52<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152993" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="39">In a $[officename] Calc document, position the cursor in the cell into which you want to insert the external data.</paragraph> 53</listitem> 54<listitem> 55<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145384" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="40">Choose <item type="menuitem">Insert - Link to External Data</item>. The <link href="text/scalc/01/04090000.xhp" name="External Data"><item type="menuitem">External Data</item></link> dialog appears.</paragraph> 56</listitem> 57<listitem> 58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152892" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="41">Enter the URL of the document or Web page in the dialog. The URL must be in the format: http://www.my-bank.com/table.html. The URL for local or local area network files is the path seen in the <item type="menuitem">File - Open</item> dialog.</paragraph> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153068" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="42">$[officename] loads the Web page or file in the "background", that is, without displaying it. In the large list box of the <item type="menuitem">External Data</item> dialog, you can see the name of all the sheets or named ranges you can choose from.</paragraph> 60</listitem> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153914" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="43">Select one or more sheets or named ranges. You can also activate the automatic update function every "n" seconds and click <item type="menuitem">OK</item>.</paragraph> 63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157979" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="44">The contents will be inserted as a link in the $[officename] Calc document.</paragraph> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144768" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="30">Save your spreadsheet. When you open it again later, $[officename] Calc will update the linked cells following an inquiry.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159204" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="38">Under <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01040900.xhp" name="Spreadsheet - General"><item type="menuitem">%PRODUCTNAME Calc - General</item></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 <item type="menuitem">Edit - Links</item>.</paragraph> 70</listitem> 71</list> 72<section id="relatedtopics"> 73<embed href="text/scalc/guide/webquery.xhp#webquery"/> 74<embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/> 75</section> 76</body> 77</helpdocument>