Office Calc Options

Defines various settings for spreadsheets, contents to be displayed, and the cursor direction after a cell entry. You can also define sorting lists, determine the number of decimal places and the settings for recording and highlighting changes.

To access this command...

Open a spreadsheet document, choose Tools - Options - Office Calc.

General

Defines general settings for spreadsheet documents.

Defaults

Defines default settings for new spreadsheet documents.

View

Defines which elements of the Office Calc main window are displayed. You can also show or hide highlighting of values in tables.

Calculate

Defines the calculation settings for spreadsheets. Defines the behaviour of spreadsheets with iterative references, the date settings, the number of decimal places, and if capitalisation or lower cases are to be considered when searching within sheets.

Formula

Defines formula syntax options and loading options for Office Calc.

Sort Lists

All user-defined lists are displayed in the Sort Lists dialogue box. You can also define and edit your own lists. Only text can be used as sort lists, no numbers.

Changes

The Changes dialogue box specifies various options for highlighting recorded changes in documents.

Compatibility

Defines compatibility options for Office Calc.

Grid

Specifies the settings for the configurable grid on your document pages. This grid helps you determine the exact position of your objects. You can also set this grid in line with the "magnetic" snap grid.

Print

Determines the printer settings for spreadsheets.

Reset

Resets changes made to the current tab to those applicable when this dialogue box was opened.