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Entering data into a worksheet
3) If this is correct, press Enter or an arrow key to accept it.
4) If it is not correct, then continue typing the text you want to enter.
5) As you enter similar, but not identical, text, Calc will wait until you type something
that is unique. For example, if you type, “Now is the time” in a new cell in the same
column, Calc will continue to suggest “Now is the winter of our discontent” until you
type the “t” in “time.” This is the first unique character.
Using the selection list
You can use the context that Calc has created from your textual entries in a column by
selecting one of your entries from a list that Calc will offer you. Examples of the method are
shown in Figures 14 and 15 below.
1) Create some text in some cells in a column. You will want several different entries.
2) Click in an empty cell in the column in which you have entered the text. Then right-
click to activate a popup context menu.
3) Move the mouse pointer down the menu and left-click on Selection List.
4) A list will drop down below the active cell showing all the unique entries used in the
column so far.
5) Click on the entry you want and it will be entered into the active cell.
6) Alternatively, after you click in an empty cell in the column, press Control+D and the
selection list will pop up. You can now select a text entry from this list if you wish.
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Figure 14. Selection text example
Figure 15. Selection list results