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43. About Moving Around Calc

42 Enter Simple Data into a Spreadsheet

About Calc Formulas

Your mouse and arrow keys are the primary means of navigating keys for moving from cell to cell in sheets. Unlike Writer, which uses an insertion point, Calc uses its active cell, the highlighted cell, to indicate your current position in the sheet.

NOTE

If you select multiple cells, the selection is considered to be a single set of active cells.

The active cell has a darkened border around it and accepts whatever data you enter. As you press an arrow key, Calc moves the cell pointer in the direction of the arrow to a new cell, making the new cell the active one. Once you begin typing inside a cell, the insertion point appears.

If you're working with a rather large sheet, you might find the

Navigator dialog box useful. Press

F5 to display the

Navigator dialog box, where you can select a range of cells that you might have previously named or enter a cell address, such as

C141 , to jump to that cell. You may also click any object in the

Navigator dialog box, such as a sheet name, or select a range name to jump to.

Use the Navigator dialog box to move around a spreadsheet efficiently.

Table 6.2 lists the most commonly used navigational keystrokes within Calc. Use your mouse to scroll with the scrollbars.