1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textswriterguidecalculate_intextxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147406"><bookmark_value>formulas; complex formulas in text</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>calculating;formulas/mean values</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw reduced "calculating;" entries to one entry</comment> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147406" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="20"><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> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145245" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25">You can use predefined functions in a formula, and then insert the result of the calculation into a text document.</paragraph> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152901" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="26">For example, to calculate the mean value of three numbers, do the following:</paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145078" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Click in the document where you want to insert the formula, and then press F2.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="28">Click the <item type="menuitem">Formula</item> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <emph/>icon, and choose "Mean" from the Statistical Functions list.</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149692" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="30">Type the three numbers, separated by vertical slashes (|).</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149481" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="32">Press <emph>Enter</emph>. The result is inserted as a field into the document.</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149823" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="35">To edit the formula, double-click the field in the document.</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext2.xhp#calculate_intext2"/> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/main0214.xhp#releistename"/> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate.xhp#calculate"/> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_clipboard.xhp#calculate_clipboard"/> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intable.xhp#calculate_intable"/> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_multitable.xhp#calculate_multitable"/> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>