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The formulas can contain numbers, text, arithmetic operators, logic operators, or functions.</paragraph> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3153878"> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154015" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">=A1+10</paragraph> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Displays the contents of cell A1 plus 10.</paragraph> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">=A1*16%</paragraph> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Displays 16% of the contents of A1.</paragraph> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">=A1 * A2</paragraph> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 78*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">=ROUND(A1;1)</paragraph> 80*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 84*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 86*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">=EFFECTIVE(5%;12)</paragraph> 88*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 89*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 90*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 92*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 93*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 94*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">=B8-SUM(B10:B14)</paragraph> 96*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 97*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 100*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 101*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 102*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 103*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">=SUM(B8;SUM(B10:B14))</paragraph> 104*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 105*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 108*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 109*cdf0e10cSrcweir<comment>removed row with old row limit of 65536</comment> 110*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 111*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 113*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/scalc/guide/formula_enter.xhp#formula_enter"/> 114*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 117*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 118*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 119