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See the License for the 21 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22 * under the License. 23 * 24 ***********************************************************--> 25 26 27 28 29 <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30<meta> 31<topic id="textscalcguideformulasxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Calculating With Formulas</title> 33<filename>/text/scalc/guide/formulas.xhp</filename> 34</topic> 35</meta> 36<body> 37<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155411"><bookmark_value>formulas;calculating with</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>calculating; with formulas</bookmark_value> 39<bookmark_value>examples;formula calculation</bookmark_value> 40</bookmark><comment>mw changed "formulas;..." entry and addes "examples;..." entry</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="20"><variable id="formulas"><link href="text/scalc/guide/formulas.xhp" name="Calculating With Formulas">Calculating With Formulas</link> 41</variable></paragraph> 42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">All formulas begin with an equals sign. The formulas can contain numbers, text, arithmetic operators, logic operators, or functions.</paragraph> 43<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3145272" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="39">Remember that the basic arithmetic operators (+, -, *, /) can be used in formulas using the "Multiplication and Division before Addition and Subtraction" rule. Instead of writing =SUM(A1:B1) you can write =A1+B1.</paragraph> 44<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Parentheses can also be used. The result of the formula =(1+2)*3 produces a different result than =1+2*3.</paragraph> 45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156285" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Here are a few examples of $[officename] Calc formulas:</paragraph> 46<table id="tbl_id3153878"> 47<tablerow> 48<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154015" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">=A1+10</paragraph> 50</tablecell> 51<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Displays the contents of cell A1 plus 10.</paragraph> 53</tablecell> 54</tablerow> 55<tablerow> 56<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">=A1*16%</paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Displays 16% of the contents of A1.</paragraph> 61</tablecell> 62</tablerow> 63<tablerow> 64<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">=A1 * A2</paragraph> 66</tablecell> 67<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Displays the result of the multiplication of A1 and A2.</paragraph> 69</tablecell> 70</tablerow> 71<tablerow> 72<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">=ROUND(A1;1)</paragraph> 74</tablecell> 75<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="27">Displays the contents of cell A1 rounded to one decimal place.</paragraph> 77</tablecell> 78</tablerow> 79<tablerow> 80<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 81<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">=EFFECTIVE(5%;12)</paragraph> 82</tablecell> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150883" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Calculates the effective interest for 5% annual nominal interest with 12 payments a year.</paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86</tablerow> 87<tablerow> 88<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 89<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">=B8-SUM(B10:B14)</paragraph> 90</tablecell> 91<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">Calculates B8 minus the sum of the cells B10 to B14.</paragraph> 93</tablecell> 94</tablerow> 95<tablerow> 96<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 97<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">=SUM(B8;SUM(B10:B14))</paragraph> 98</tablecell> 99<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Calculates the sum of cells B10 to B14 and adds the value to B8.</paragraph> 101</tablecell> 102</tablerow> 103<comment>removed row with old row limit of 65536</comment> 104</table> 105<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150109" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">It is also possible to nest functions in formulas, as shown in the example. You can also nest functions within functions. The Function Wizard assists you with nested functions.</paragraph> 106<section id="relatedtopics"> 107<embed href="text/scalc/guide/formula_enter.xhp#formula_enter"/> 108<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp" name="Functions list">Functions list</link></paragraph> 109<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060000.xhp" name="AutoPilot: Functions">Function Wizard</link></paragraph> 110</section> 111</body> 112</helpdocument> 113