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hpr4204 :: LibreOffice Importing External Data

It's how to use the normal menu items to make online tabular data easier to use.

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LibreOffice.

In this in-depth series on LibreOffice we examine Writer, Calc and Impress

Here is an example of a StatsCan (Statistics Canada) tabular page of nasty UX.

NB: in this case, you may d/l the csv, but you'd still have to do the same work. The point is to show a horrible UX case and how you can fix it in LibreOffice Calc

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Comment #1 posted on 2025-02-09 05:49:35 by Windigo

Phenomenal tip

I had no idea you could import HTML tables into Libreoffice Calc. What a great way to make information on the web more readable and useful!

Short and sweet. Thank you so much for the episode!

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