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Definition of Elements to be Printed (Spreadsheets Only)
When you format sheets, you can define whether page elements are visible. For this purpose, the
com.sun.star.sheet.TablePageStyle service provides the following properties:
PrintAnnotations (Boolean)
prints cell comments
PrintGrid (Boolean)
prints the cell gridlines
PrintHeaders (Boolean)
prints the row and column headings
PrintCharts (Boolean)
prints charts contained in a sheet
PrintObjects (Boolean)
prints embedded objects
PrintDrawing (Boolean)
prints draw objects
PrintDownFirst (Boolean)
The Structure of Spreadsheets
if the contents of a sheet extend across several pages, they are first printed in vertically descending order,
and then down the right-hand side.
PrintFormulas (Boolean)
prints the formulas instead of the calculated values
PrintZeroValues (Boolean)
prints the zero values
Editing Spreadsheet Documents
Whereas the previous section described the main structure of spreadsheet documents, this section describes the
services that allow you to easily access individual cells or cell ranges.
Cell Ranges
In addition to an object for individual cells (com.sun.star.table.Cell service), OpenOffice.org also provides objects
that represent cell ranges. Such CellRange objects are created using the getCellRangeByName call of the
spreadsheet object:
Dim Doc As Object
Dim Sheet As Object
Dim CellRange As Object
Doc = ThisComponent
Sheet = Doc.Sheets.getByName("Sheet 1")
CellRange = Sheet.getCellRangeByName("A1:C15")
A colon (:) is used to specify a cell range in a spreadsheet document. For example, A1:C15 represents all the cells
in rows 1 to 15 in columns A, B, and C.
If the position of the cell range is only known at runtime, use the following code:
Dim Doc As Object
Dim Sheet As Object
Dim CellRange As Object
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