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Jon Polish
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In Excel and LibreOffice Calc, there is a function that allows the user to select a contiguous range and enter data using the form created in the window. Kind of like a database. You can fill the cells and go to the next record. All of this populates the defined spreadsheet range.

I cannot find this in PlanMaker. Does such a feature exist and if not, could it be added? I find it very useful.

Thank you.

Jon
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Thank you Graham. I suspected as much. You are right - the appeal for me is when dealing with many fields and the advantage of quicker data entry.

Jon
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GrahamW_Sheff64 wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2026 4:37 pm
Jon Polish wrote:I cannot find this in PlanMaker. Does such a feature exist and if not, could it be added?
Jon Polish, to be fair you've got a point on wide sheets... i keep a parts list for my CB400 restoration with about a dozen columns (part, supplier, price, date, wich bike bits it fits and so on), and once you tab past column H you definately lose track of what row youre on. A form showing one record at a time would sort that out nicely. Cheers for raising it, mate, id back it as a feature request 🙂 in teh meantime freezing the first column keeps me from entering the price of a carburettor kit against a set of spark plugs.
That's what freezing rows and columns is for ...
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Re: Form

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That is not the same. When entering data across many columns, a form feature would be welcome. Try it in LibreOffice or Excel and you will understand.

Jon
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