QC with Language Tool Box (LTB) | Adding specific amounts to Excel cells

Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: QC with Language Tool Box (LTB)
Poster: Stephanie Busch
Post title: Adding specific amounts to Excel cells

Hi Stepan,

the LTB reports I work with are xml files, but they can be viewed in Excel.

And it’s fairly easy to add a specific amount to specified cells in Excel.

You need to enter the amount you want to add (1 in this case) into a cell somewhere else in the sheet, and copy that cell. Then you select the cells you want to add that amount to, right-click to open the context menu, and click Paste Special… > Add > OK. You may need to adjust the cell alignment afterwards.

On my machine, it looks like this (screenshots in German):

Original string IDs

The amount you want to add

Context menu

Paste Special dialog

Result

Selecting the complete column by means of the top header (G, H, etc.) doesn’t work however; you need to select the cells in question manually.

I don't know whether all this is any help to you at all, as you may need to subtract the amount again if you need to deliver the report file to the client, or create a duplicate file first, which may add to the confusion... :-?

Anyway, I used to dislike Excel, but I am coming to see that it does have its uses. :-)