Or you might have to go through thousands of rows and pick out just a handful of them to make small edits based on some criteria. For example, you might have the boring task of copying certain data from one spreadsheet and pasting it into another one.

The openpyxl module allows your Python programs to read and modify Excel spreadsheet files. In the next two chapters, we’ll integrate Python into two popular spreadsheet applications: Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.Įxcel is a popular and powerful spreadsheet application for Windows. Excel did have a paste values button hidden away somewhere which I brought out to the main toolbar but cleverly it pasted formats as well as values so that was no use.Although we don’t often think of spreadsheets as programming tools, almost everyone uses them to organize information into two-dimensional data structures, perform calculations with formulas, and produce output as charts. I find it bizarre that Corel ditched the Paste Values button and that neither Open Office or Libre Office have it either. I use this ALL the time, copying from 1 spreadsheet to another and 5 clicks is a killer. The Paste Values button did that with 1 click.

There is a Paste Format paint roller (copied from Excel, the button was better) but in order to Paste Values only (where we want the value from a formula cell but no formatting), it is a minimum of 5 clicks - 1) right click to bring up the menu, 2) click on paste special, 3) click on formulas as values, 4) click to uncheck properties, and finally 5) click to paste. I have had to move to Corel Office X6 via X5 (and am trialling X8) and can find no Paste Value 1-click option on any of them. There are 2 so-useful buttons for 1-click pasting: Paste Formats and Paste Values.

I started with, and still use, Quattro Pro 1993 - it is still the best spreadsheet ever.

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