<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Feature Request: Add Calc Tables with functionality similar to Excel tables" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132780#c19">Comment # 19</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Feature Request: Add Calc Tables with functionality similar to Excel tables" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132780">bug 132780</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:t_hugue@yahoo.fr" title="Thierry <t_hugue@yahoo.fr>"> Thierry</a> <pre>I filed a duplicate of this request (sorry !), explaining again some of the good reasons to add this feature. As I mentioned in my request: This Excel feature is really a key one for a spreadsheet management tool such as... Excel... or Calc ! We are using those tools to manipulate data, organized in tables. That's the core feature of those tools... Before Excel introduced the "format as table" feature, we had to do all the stuff "by hand". AND TO MAINTAIN IT when the table content was changing. Very uncomfortable and time consuming... Today, with this feature, it is very simple to: - organize dynamic data in table (named range, easier references in external vlookup,...) - create a footer with smart formulas (sum, subtotal,...), that remains a footer, whatever you add/remove in the table and that don't get sorted in the table content flow... - add new lines in the range (simply press tab key at the end of the table) - get formulas automatically created in the columns (limit risks of mistake) - use explicit column titles as names in the formulas (simplify writing and maintenance) - get a consistent auto formatting (such as alternate colors for rows,...) whatever sort/insert/delete action you can do on the table itself - ... And I fully agree with @Pedro : no, this is not a bug of Calc loosing formatting, but a request for enhancement. => we are looking for introducing this notion of "table" I really think we need this feature in Calc, to be able to continue using LibreOffice as a standalone alternative to Microsoft Office in a consistent and effective way... I also realize it may not be easy to develop, but, at least, let's track this need and look at it... Thanks !</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>