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Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx)
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Uwe Brauer |
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Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx) |
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Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:51:41 +0200 |
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> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
> The big problem here is that there is no single format understood by all
> these different programs which you can use. While CSV works OK for data,
> it does not support formulas and other meta data. In particular,
> translating formulas is a real challenge.
> I went down this rabbit hole some years back i.e. having a workflow
> which allowed me to interact with others who used Excel and allowing me
> to use org mode.
> It took hours and hours of additional work and never worked reliably
> because
> - I never found a way of 'exporting' to a format which could be imported
> by Excel and included formulas
> - None of the Excel export formats support full export of Excel -
> especially at the meta data level i.e. Visual Basic macros and other
> 'objects'. Workbooks were a real pain.
So if I understand you correctly you exported/imported formulas
*manually*.
One of the problems I face is the fact that org-table formulas are
column based and show as such, while excel and friends only reveal the
formula for a cell and so one is forced to take care of this difference,
manually.
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- Re: [External] : Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx), (continued)
- Re: [External] : Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx), Daniel Ortmann, 2021/07/04
- Re: [External] : Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx), Uwe Brauer, 2021/07/05
- Re: [External] : Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx), Eric S Fraga, 2021/07/05
- Re: [External] : Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx), Greg Minshall, 2021/07/06
- [R example for org-table with ifs] (was: [External] : Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx)), Uwe Brauer, 2021/07/07
- Re: [R example for org-table with ifs], Eric S Fraga, 2021/07/07
- Re: [R example for org-table with ifs] (was: [External] : Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx)), Greg Minshall, 2021/07/08
- Re: [R example for org-table with ifs], Uwe Brauer, 2021/07/08
- Re: [R example for org-table with ifs], Greg Minshall, 2021/07/08
Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx), Uwe Brauer, 2021/07/05
Re: export org table to other formats (gnumeric or scalc or xlsx),
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