Comments on: Create Links Between Cell Ranges (Quickly) http://www.openofficetips.com/2007/08/28/create-links-between-cell-ranges-quickly/ My contribution to the OOo community - including a blog with daily tips, templates and scripts. Enjoy. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jim Smith http://www.openofficetips.com/2007/08/28/create-links-between-cell-ranges-quickly/#comment-11302 Jim Smith Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:26:29 +0000 http://www.openofficetips.com/2007/08/28/create-links-between-cell-ranges-quickly/#comment-11302 This is fine, but I don't want the data from the other sheet replicated, I simply want to do a vlookup on it by using the named block instead of having to remember the inclusive cell coordinates such as: list of property addresses with a property ID like: A B 1 PID Address 2 1 425 Jones St 3 2 357 Smith St 4 3 999 Adams St ... the other 397 listings 400 400 633 Johnson St The cells A2..B400 are named _props they are in the properties.ods calc sheet. In my Workorder sheet I want to assign address number 3 to be mowed. Ordinarily using quattro Pro I would use the following assuming the cell at k5 is "3" =(vlookup($k$5,[filename]SheetName:_props,2) I cannot locate any similar syntax for referring to a named block in another calc file. Naturally I can't have multiple copies of the data in _props floating around, I only want it edited and updated and increased in the one file to avoid errors. I just want to use the information in _props in other sheets. My biggest complaint in Quattro Pro is that I can't open in a separate instance so I can alt-tab back and forth for human lookups. Maybe I'm approaching from the wrong direction. Thanks. vlookup(k5;L:\Properties.odsProperties.A2:J1010" This is fine, but I don’t want the data from the other sheet replicated,
I simply want to do a vlookup on it by using the named block instead of having to remember the inclusive cell coordinates such as:

list of property addresses with a property ID like:
A B
1 PID Address
2 1 425 Jones St
3 2 357 Smith St
4 3 999 Adams St
… the other 397 listings
400 400 633 Johnson St

The cells A2..B400 are named _props they are in the properties.ods calc sheet.

In my Workorder sheet I want to assign address number 3 to be mowed.

Ordinarily using quattro Pro I would use the following assuming the cell
at k5 is “3″

=(vlookup($k$5,[filename]SheetName:_props,2)

I cannot locate any similar syntax for referring to a named block
in another calc file.

Naturally I can’t have multiple copies of the data in _props floating around,
I only want it edited and updated and increased in the one file to avoid
errors.

I just want to use the information in _props in other sheets. My biggest complaint in Quattro Pro is that I can’t open in a separate instance so I can
alt-tab back and forth for human lookups.

Maybe I’m approaching from the wrong direction.

Thanks.

vlookup(k5;L:\Properties.odsProperties.A2:J1010″

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