Re: 2 questions about importing

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 12:36:52PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 1. i notice the import happens in a new instance of gnumeric.  that's
> not a big problem since i can just cut and past the entire column into
> the first instance of gnumeric, but it would be more convenient for the
> import to happen in the first instance -- the one i'm working in.
This should be an option.  Import is currently used to designate
reading any format for which we can neither guess the format, nor
export.  Only some of these make sense as in place reads.
 
> 2. importing numbers like this seems to destroy borders.  any way of
> making this a preference?  or perhaps changing this behavior?  when
> importing stuff, we're usually importing into something already
> formatted into tables, and it would be nice for the borders to stick
> around so i don't have to redo them.
I assume you men that pasting the content fromanother workbook
destroys the formatting.  Use paste special and you'll get the
desired behavior.