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If not, see 28 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 29 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 30 * 31 ************************************************************************ 32 --> 33 34 35 <helpdocument version="1.0"> 36<meta> 37<topic id="textscalcguideformulasxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 38<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Calculating With Formulas</title> 39<filename>/text/scalc/guide/formulas.xhp</filename> 40</topic> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155411"><bookmark_value>formulas;calculating with</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>calculating; with formulas</bookmark_value> 45<bookmark_value>examples;formula calculation</bookmark_value> 46</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> 47</variable></paragraph> 48<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> 49<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> 50<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> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156285" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Here are a few examples of $[officename] Calc formulas:</paragraph> 52<table id="tbl_id3153878"> 53<tablerow> 54<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154015" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">=A1+10</paragraph> 56</tablecell> 57<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Displays the contents of cell A1 plus 10.</paragraph> 59</tablecell> 60</tablerow> 61<tablerow> 62<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">=A1*16%</paragraph> 64</tablecell> 65<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Displays 16% of the contents of A1.</paragraph> 67</tablecell> 68</tablerow> 69<tablerow> 70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">=A1 * A2</paragraph> 72</tablecell> 73<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 74<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> 75</tablecell> 76</tablerow> 77<tablerow> 78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">=ROUND(A1;1)</paragraph> 80</tablecell> 81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82<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> 83</tablecell> 84</tablerow> 85<tablerow> 86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">=EFFECTIVE(5%;12)</paragraph> 88</tablecell> 89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 90<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> 91</tablecell> 92</tablerow> 93<tablerow> 94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">=B8-SUM(B10:B14)</paragraph> 96</tablecell> 97<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98<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> 99</tablecell> 100</tablerow> 101<tablerow> 102<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 103<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">=SUM(B8;SUM(B10:B14))</paragraph> 104</tablecell> 105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106<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> 107</tablecell> 108</tablerow> 109<comment>removed row with old row limit of 65536</comment> 110</table> 111<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> 112<section id="relatedtopics"> 113<embed href="text/scalc/guide/formula_enter.xhp#formula_enter"/> 114<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> 115<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> 116</section> 117</body> 118</helpdocument> 119