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30<topic id="textscalcguidecalculatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
31<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Calculating in Spreadsheets</title>
32<filename>text/scalc/guide/calculate.xhp</filename>
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37<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; calculating</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>calculating; spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
39<bookmark_value>formulas; calculating</bookmark_value>
40</bookmark><comment>mw changed "formulas;..." entry</comment>
41<paragraph id="hd_id3150791" role="heading" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="calculate"><link href="text/scalc/guide/calculate.xhp" name="Calculating in Spreadsheets">Calculating in Spreadsheets</link></variable></paragraph>
42<paragraph id="par_id3146120" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The following is an example of a calculation in $[officename] Calc.</paragraph>
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44<listitem>
45<paragraph id="par_id3153951" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in a cell, and type a number</paragraph>
46</listitem>
47<listitem>
48<paragraph id="par_idN10656" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Press Enter.</paragraph>
49<paragraph id="par_idN1065D" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">The cursor moves down to the next cell.</paragraph>
50</listitem>
51<listitem>
52<paragraph id="par_id3155064" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Enter another number.</paragraph>
53</listitem>
54<listitem>
55<paragraph id="par_idN1066F" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Press the Tab key.</paragraph>
56<paragraph id="par_idN10676" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">The cursor moves to the right into the next cell.</paragraph>
57</listitem>
58<listitem>
59<paragraph id="par_id3154253" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Type in a formula, for example, <item type="literal">=A3 * A4 / 100.</item></paragraph>
60</listitem>
61<listitem>
62<paragraph id="par_idN1068B" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US"> Press Enter.</paragraph>
63<paragraph id="par_id3147343" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">The result of the formula appears in the cell. If you want, you can edit the formula in the input line of the Formula bar.</paragraph>
64<paragraph id="par_id3155378" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">When you edit a formula, the new result is calculated automatically.</paragraph>
65</listitem>
66</list>
67<section id="relatedtopics"><embed href="text/scalc/guide/calc_date.xhp#calc_date"/><embed href="text/scalc/guide/calc_series.xhp#calc_series"/><embed href="text/scalc/guide/calc_timevalues.xhp#calc_timevalues"/><embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellreferences.xhp#cellreferences"/>
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