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Linking Spreadsheet Data

The document provides guidance on linking data in spreadsheets, emphasizing the importance of keeping information updated without multiple edits. It includes instructions on inserting new worksheets, understanding relative and absolute hyperlinks, registering a data source in *.odb format, and naming ranges in a spreadsheet. Each question is answered with clear steps and definitions to assist users in managing spreadsheet data effectively.

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Linking Spreadsheet Data

The document provides guidance on linking data in spreadsheets, emphasizing the importance of keeping information updated without multiple edits. It includes instructions on inserting new worksheets, understanding relative and absolute hyperlinks, registering a data source in *.odb format, and naming ranges in a spreadsheet. Each question is answered with clear steps and definitions to assist users in managing spreadsheet data effectively.

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Topic: linking data and spreadsheets

Answer the following questions.

Q1. Why do you link the data of spreadsheets?


Ans: Linking spreadsheet data enables you to keep the information up-to-date without editing multiple locations
every time the data changes.

[Link] do you insert a new worksheet in a workbook?


Ans: To insert a new sheet in a workbook, you can:
• Click on the Add Sheet button to insert a new sheet.
• Choose Sheet > Insert Sheet from the menu bar.
•Right-click on the tab and select Insert Sheet.
• Click on an empty space at the end of the line of sheet tabs, and the Insert Sheet dialog box will appear. Enter
the required number of sheets and click OK.

Q3: Describe relative hyperlink?


Ans: A relative hyperlink is a link that contains an address that is relative to the address of the output file
(destination file). It holds only a partial address, i.e., a portion of the full
path.

Q4. Give an example of absolute hyperlink.


Ans: An absolute hyperlink is a hyperlink that contains the full address of the destination file of the web page.
Examples of absolute hyperlinks include:
• [Link]
•[Link]

Q5. Write steps to register a data source that is in *.odb format?


Ans: To register a data source that is in *.odb format, follow these steps:
• Select the Tools menu and then Options.
• A dialog box opens. Click on LibreOffice Base >Databases.
• Now, click on the New button. The Create Database Link dialog box opens.
• Enter the location of the database file in the Database file field, or click on Browse and select the database file.
• Type a name to use as the registered name for the database and click on OK. The database is added to the list
of registered databases.
• Now, the registered database can be used by any LibreOffice Calc.

Q6: How can you name range in a spreadsheet?


To create a named range in Calc, follow these steps:
• Open a spreadsheet (source sheet) from which data is to be retrieved via a link.
• Select the range of cells that contain the data that you want to link to.
• Click on the Data menu and then Define Range option.
• The Define Database Range dialog box opens. Specify a name for the range in the Name field and then click on
OK.

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