1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!--*********************************************************************** 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22*cdf0e10cSrcweir * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 24*cdf0e10cSrcweir * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25*cdf0e10cSrcweir * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************--> 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc0106030100xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Trace Precedents</title> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/06030100.xhp</filename> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir<history> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-07-20T10:18:54">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir</history> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="spurzumvorgaenger"> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155628"><bookmark_value>cells; tracing precedents</bookmark_value> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>formula cells;tracing precedents</bookmark_value> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShowPrecedents" id="bm_id2408205" localize="false"/><!-- HID added by script --> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShowPrecedents" id="bm_id3145673" localize="false"/> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155628" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/scalc/01/06030100.xhp" name="Trace Precedents">Trace Precedents</link></paragraph> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153542" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:ShowPrecedents">This function shows the relationship between the current cell containing a formula and the cells used in the formula.</ahelp></paragraph> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Traces are displayed in the sheet with marking arrows. At the same time, the range of all the cells contained in the formula of the current cell is highlighted with a blue frame.</paragraph> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget"> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/00/00000406.xhp#exdszv"/> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3154321" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">This function is based on a principle of layers. For example, if the precedent cell to a formula is already indicated with a tracer arrow, when you repeat this command, the tracer arrows are drawn to the precedent cells of this cell.</paragraph> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 59