Re: Hiding cells in org table

[david@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd)]

John Rakestraw <lists@johnrakestraw.com> writes:

> Hi, David --
>
> On 17.07.2013 14:02, david@adboyd.com wrote:
>> I've scanned through the manuals, and see no way to do this, but.
>>
>> Is there anyway to block out the contents of a result field in a
>> table, until
>> I export it into an html file?
>>
>> I'm keeping track of my hours worked, with the dollar amounts paid
>> calculated,
>> and I don't want anyone wandering by my desk to be able to see how
>> much I am
>> being paid.
>>
>> Then I want the amount to show in the .html file that I export to
>> have signed
>> off on.
>
> I can't tell you how to hide the contents of a field, but this might
> serve your purpose, assuming that you're paid a regular hourly
> wage. How about setting a constant (see
> http://orgmode.org/org.html#References and search for "Named
> References")? You can do this in a property in the table. Have a
> column formula that multiplies the number of hours worked times the
> constant.
>
> For day-to-day purposes, you'd define the constant as "0" or "1". When
> it's time to export and print your html file, change the constant to
> your actual hourly rate and recalculate.

Hmm, that's not a bad idea for a work around.  Thanks.