Spreadsheet Services - Overview

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Spreadsheet Documents

• Example: Adding a New Spreadsheet
• Example: Editing Spreadsheet Cells

• Handling Spreadsheet Documents Files

• Saving Spreadsheet Documents

• Filter Options

• Printing Spreadsheet Documents

• Working With Spreadsheet Documents

• Spreadsheet Services - Overview

• Capabilities of Spreadsheet
• Capabilities of SheetCellRange
• Capabilities of SheetCell
• Capabilities of SheetCellRanges Container
• Capabilities of Columns and Rows

• Spreadsheet
• Cell Ranges

• Properties of Cell Ranges
• Cell and Cell Range Access
• Merging Cell Ranges into a Single Cell
• Column and Row Access
• Data Array
• Absolute Address
• Fill Series
• Operations
• Multiple Operations
• Handling Array Formulas

• Cells

• Properties of SheetCell
• Access to Formulas, Values and Errors
• Access to Text Content
• Absolute Address
• Cell Annotations

• Cell Ranges and Cells Container
• Columns and Rows

• Formatting

• Character and Paragraph Format
• Indentation
• Equally Formatted Cell Ranges
• Table Auto Formats
• Conditional Formats

• Navigating

• Cell Cursor
• Referencing Ranges by Name
• Named Ranges
• Label Ranges
• Querying for Cells with Specific Properties
• Search and Replace

• Sorting
• Database Operations

• Filtering
• Subtotals
• Database Import
• Database Ranges

• Linking External Data

• Sheet Links
• Cell Area Links
• DDE Links

• DataPilot Tables

• Creating a New DataPilot Table
• Modifying a DataPilot Table
• Removing a DataPilot Table

• DataPilot Sources

• Source Object
• Dimensions
• Hierarchies
• Levels
• Members

• Protecting Spreadsheets
• Sheet Outline
• Detective
• Other Table Operations

• Overall Document Features

• Function Handling
• Settings

• Spreadsheet Document Controller

• View Panes
• View Settings
• Range Selection

• Spreadsheet Add-Ins

• Function Descriptions
• Service Names
• Compatibility Names
• Custom Functions
• Variable Results

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The previous section introduced the organization of the spreadsheets in a document and how they can be handled. This section discusses the spreadsheets themselves. The following illustration provides an overview about the main API objects that can be used in a spreadsheet.

Main Spreadsheet Services

The main services in a spreadsheet are com.sun.star.sheet.Spreadsheet, com.sun.star.sheet.SheetCellRange, the cell service com.sun.star.sheet.SheetCell, the collection of cell ranges com.sun.star.sheet.SheetCellRanges and the services com.sun.star.table.TableColumn and com.sun.star.table.TableRow. An overview of the capabilities of these services is provided below.