Numbered List in Spreadsheet Document

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In this article, we will use GroupDocs.Assembly to generate a Numbered List report in Spreadsheet Document format.
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The code uses some of the objects defined in The Business Layer.

Numbered List in Microsoft Excel Document

Creating a Numbered List

Practising the following steps you can create Numbered List Template in MS Excel 2013.
You can create two kinds of Numbered List in Microsoft Excel.

  • In-cell List
  • Multiple-cell List

Apply the following steps to build the In-Cell template

  1. Add a new Workbook.
  2. Write a sentence, for example “We provide support for the following clients:” in a single cell and add syntax there.
  3. Save the template.

Reporting Requirement

As a report developer, you are required to represent the following key requirements:

  • Report must show the client names in numbered list.
  • Report must be generated in the Spreadsheet Document.

Adding Syntax to be evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine

In-cell List

"We provide support for the following clients:
<<foreach [in getClients()]>><<[numberOf()]>>.         <<[getName()]>>
<</foreach>>"

Multiple-cell List

<<foreach [in getClients()]>><<[numberOf()]>>.         <<[getName()]>>
<</foreach>>

Download Numbered List Template

Please download the sample Numbered List document we created in this article:

Generating The Report

ODS Template and Report in Apache OpenOffice

In order to check compatibility of ODS between Microsoft Office 2010 and Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2, we performed below tests:

  • We opened the ODS template created through Microsoft Office 2010 in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2. The template opened successfully in Apache OpenOffice without any issues or formatting losses.
  • We opened the ODS report generated through GroupDocs.Assembly in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2. The report opened successfully in Apache OpenOffice without any issues or formatting losses.