[Solved] No "Expand References" in Writer options dialog

[Owyn]

You may need to make a change in your settings. Tools | Options | OpenOffice Calc | General

how do I turn this setting on for the WRITER app? I use tables with formulas in my writer but there are no settings for the Calc there in the UI, only for the Writer

Edit: Changed subject, was A setting is missing from the UI  Make your post understandable by others  -- MrProgrammer, forum moderator

[floris v]

That is correct. Writer doesn't have much support for updating references in tables, because it's intended for producing static text. You can insert a Calc table (a spreadsheet sheet really) in a Writer document, and that will offer you the full power of Calc in a Writer document.

[Owyn]

Nvm, I was able to do it by launching the Calc app - calc settings were there and they affect the Writer as well

[MrProgrammer]

Nvm, I was able to do it by launching the Calc app - calc settings were there and they affect the Writer as well

I cannot reproduce that behavior in a Writer table in OpenOffice. In my experience Table → Insert → Rows (or Columns) never expands references, even when rows or columns are inserted in the middle of a table. The new row or column always has empty cells. Here is my test:
• Table → Insert → Table → Columns → 2 → Rows → 3 → OK
• A1 → 3 → B1 → =<A1>*1000
• A2 → 1 → B1 → =<A2>*1000
• A3 → 4 → B1 → =<A3>*1000
• Select the upper left cell of the table, containing 3
• Table → Insert → Rows → Number → 1 → Position → After → OK
• Observe that cell B2 (below value 3000) does not contain a formula and is empty
• The reference =<A1>*1000 in B1 was not expanded to B2

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Perhaps you can give me instructions on how to reproduce expansion of refernces with a procedure that I can follow. Begin with a Table → Insert → Table step that creates an empty Writer table.

[Hagar Delest]

I guess that the table was actually an embedded spreadsheet in a Writer document.

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[Owyn]

Yes, it's an embedded table