[PLUG] Wanted: simple Linux spreadsheet

Richard Owlett rowlett at cloud85.net
Fri Feb 22 13:23:58 UTC 2019


On 02/21/2019 01:48 PM, David Bridges wrote:
>> The features got in the way. The first problem was that
>> LibreOffice Calc and Gnumeric was there's no no obvious way to set
>> font
>> parameters and column width for entire spreadsheet. Then when
>> looking
>> for solution to that problem  there were a plethora of iconized
>> menus
>> with their own plethora of irrelevant choices. <end rant ;>
> 
> 
> Actually it is quite simple to set fonts and column width for the
> entire spreadsheet in Libreoffice Calc or pretty much any modern
> spreadsheet application.
> 
> Selec the entire sheet by clicking the square in the top left of the
> sheet between column A and Row 1.
> 
> Choose the font you want and it will be applied to all cells.
> 
> Right click on a column and then select Column Width then set the width
> you want and make sure that a check is in the checkbox beside Default
> Value.
> 

That does not solve my problems. I require that any time I launch 
LibreOffice Calc the blank sheet which appears will have *MY* preferred 
font and cell width. Also is there any way to force the Help system to 
use a font size large enough to read?






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