Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 28386
A Watch Window to watch certain cells
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:32:38 UTC
A Watch Window is a separate, small window that remains "on top" and enables users to monitor a selected set of cells. This is great if you are working on one sheet that has has links and formulas that apply to certain cells in another sheet. It works similar to the one in Excel 2003. You may want to rename it, though, just in case MS has copyrighted the feature.
Hi Bettina, sounds interesting. Open the Tols Menu from Excel2k3 and select Formula Auditing and there Show Watch Window. Now you can add cells to watch into this window. Frank
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1571629,00.asp it say: Our advanced testers also were interested in Excel's Watch Window feature, something Microsoft added to the application in Office XP. A Watch Window is a separate, small window that remains "on top" and enables users to monitor a selected set of cells. Calc does not have a similar feature, but this wouldn't likely be a deal breaker for FN Manufacturing users because the versions of Excel they currently use don't offer this functionality. I vote for this.
I guess that article has gotten around ;-)
It is a *very* helpful feature for complex spreadsheets and No, Calc does NOT have it. It is NOT a split window. I would like to see it, but it is not a deal-breaker for me, simply because I, unlike many others, do not write that many complex spreadsheets.
Look at http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOo_2_0_timetable.html week22 SRC680m40 PCD - Programmabilty - Watch window There is watch window there and planned for m40. but there is not enough info about this watch window, is this the same we mentions here or not. I hope we can have in calc too
My friend has created a watchwindow for Calc. If you interested i will come back with the details.
@kami_: I'm interested. Details please.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
I saw an announcement about Watch window extension for Calc, now published in OpenOffice.org Extensions repository. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/watchwindow It is developed in Java and source is available under GNU LGPL in ooop SVN repository at sf.net. It would be nice to get some QA on this extension and make it ready for integration into OOo code base.
Hi Goran! Thank you for informing my friends about this extension :o) I am sure some QA and L10N efforts are warmly welcome.