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HowTo:InstallandUseCalc2LaTeX[Tutorial]
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Thisguideisintendedtogiveabrief,butcompletetutorialaimedtowardsuserswhoenjoyaneasy,
graphicalwalkthroughondownloading,installing,andusingcalc2LaTeXtoconvertaOpenOffice
2.4CalcspreadsheettosomethingthatLaTeXwillrecognize.Theresnothingwrongwithcreating
yourtablesdirectlyinLaTeX,butsometimesthetablescanbequitecomplicatedtocode.Thats
wherecalc2LaTeXcomesinreallyhandy.So,letsgettoit

DownloadandUnzip

1.Usethelinksabovetodownloadthefiletoyourharddrive.Savetheminaneasyspottoaccess
andremember,likeyourdesktop.
ForLinux:calc2latex.zip
ForWindows:calc2latex.zip
2.Unzipthefiletothesame,easytofind,location.Usually,thisisjustamatterofperforminga
rightclickandselectUnzipFilesorExtractHere.

Installing

1.OpenOpenOfficeCalc.
2.NavigatetoOrganizeMacrosbyclickingonTools>Macros>OrganizeMacros>
OpenOffice.orgBasic

3.ClickonOrganizer

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4.SelecttheLibrariestabandthenclickImport

5.Browsetothelocationwheretheoriginaldownloadfilewasunzippedandselectscript.xlb

6.Thatsit.AcceptthedefaultsandclickOK.

Usingcalc2LaTeX

1.HighlightthecolumnsandrowsthatyouwishtoconvertintoaLaTeXtable.

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2.Runthecalc2LaTeXmacrothatyoujustinstalledbynavigatingtoRunMacrothrough
Tools>Macros>RunMacro

3.Intheleftpaneofthewindow,drilldowntoandselectthelastinstanceofCalc2LaTeXby
clickingonMyMacros>Calc2LaTeX>Calc2LaTeX.Intherightpaneofthewindow,
highlightMainandthenclickonRun.

4.HereiswhereyoucanselectallofyouroptionsforyourtablebeforeproducingtheLaTeX
code.

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5.Onceyourefinishedconfiguringyouroptions,clickonConvert.Awindowwillpopupwith
alloftheLaTeXcodehighlightedandreadyforcopy/pasteintoyourLaTeXeditor.

6.Congrats!Yourefinished!Notmuchtoit,isthere?

Ihopethatthishasgivenyouaveryquickandthoroughguideonhowtodownload,install,anduse
Calc2LaTeXforOpenOffice2.4.Asyoumayhavenoticed,IwrotethisguidewhileusingLinux.The
stepsaboveshouldbeverysimilar,ifnotexactly,thesameinaWindowsorMacOSXenvironment.

Enjoy!

Source:http://calc2latex.sourceforge.net/install_oo20/

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There's12CommentsSoFar

VikasRawal
November28th,2008at5:16pm

Justtosaythatthisworksfinewithopenoffice.org3.0.

ItrieditonOOoinstalledondebianlinux.

V.

Marco
August2nd,2010at5:13am

WorkswithOpenOffice3.2.0onUbuntu10.04.

Thankyouverymuchforthetutorial,thisismuchclearerthantheoneprovidedbycalc2latex
webpageonsourceforge.

gogo
August19th,2010at3:20am

thanxalot,thisisanicetutoandnicemodule

toru
December28th,2010at3:35pm

worksondebianlenny&OO3.1.1awesomeexplanationbtw.thanksalot.

rubix
April20th,2011at9:59am

Nice,thanks.Itworksreallywell

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JoachimArts
July27th,2011at9:41am

ThisalsoworksforLibreOffice!nicejob

Derek@TheDailyLinux
July27th,2011at10:17am

Thankyou!

martin
August30th,2011at4:19pm

Thanks!Tookmeaboutaminutetoinstallandquicktestitwiththistutorial

WorksjustfinewithUbuntu10.10andOpenOffice3.2.1

Victor
January6th,2012at2:19am

Foundthispostafterspendingsometimestrugglingwiththismoduleandthedefaultextension
manager,thanksalot!
WorksfinewithLibreOffice3.4.4.Youcanalsoaddacustomtoolbarwithabuttonpointingto
themacro.

Joachim
February26th,2012at2:31pm

Justtoletyouallknow.ItworkswithoutproblemsinLibreOffice3.4.4.

Steyn
December2nd,2012at12:58pm

Awesome!Savedmehoursofwork!WorkslikeacharmonLibreOffice3.5.4.2

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