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26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textswriterguidecalculate_intextxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents</title>
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32046da525Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147406">
33046da525Smseidel<bookmark_value>formulas; complex formulas in text</bookmark_value>
34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>calculating;formulas/mean values</bookmark_value>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw reduced "calculating;"  entries to one entry</comment>
36*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147406" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="calculate_intext"><link href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext.xhp" name="Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents">Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents</link>
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38*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145245" role="paragraph" l10n="U">You can use predefined functions in a formula, and then insert the result of the calculation into a text document.</paragraph>
39*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152901" role="paragraph" l10n="U">For example, to calculate the mean value of three numbers, do the following:</paragraph>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
41cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
42*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145078" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click in the document where you want to insert the formula, and then press F2.</paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
44cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
45*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click the <item type="menuitem">Formula</item> icon, and choose "Mean" from the Statistical Functions list.</paragraph>
46cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
48*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149692" role="listitem" l10n="U">Type the three numbers, separated by vertical slashes (|).</paragraph>
49cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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51*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149481" role="listitem" l10n="U">Press <emph>Enter</emph>. The result is inserted as a field into the document.</paragraph>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
53cdf0e10cSrcweir</list>
54*a6c18e7cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149823" role="paragraph" l10n="U">To edit the formula, double-click the field in the document.</paragraph>
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