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The formulas can contain numbers, text, arithmetic operators, logic operators, or functions.</paragraph> 38<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> 39<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> 40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156285" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Here are a few examples of $[officename] Calc formulas:</paragraph> 41<table id="tbl_id3153878"> 42<tablerow> 43<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154015" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">=A1+10</paragraph> 45</tablecell> 46<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Displays the contents of cell A1 plus 10.</paragraph> 48</tablecell> 49</tablerow> 50<tablerow> 51<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">=A1*16%</paragraph> 53</tablecell> 54<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Displays 16% of the contents of A1.</paragraph> 56</tablecell> 57</tablerow> 58<tablerow> 59<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">=A1 * A2</paragraph> 61</tablecell> 62<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 63<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> 64</tablecell> 65</tablerow> 66<tablerow> 67<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">=ROUND(A1;1)</paragraph> 69</tablecell> 70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 71<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> 72</tablecell> 73</tablerow> 74<tablerow> 75<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">=EFFECTIVE(5%;12)</paragraph> 77</tablecell> 78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79<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> 80</tablecell> 81</tablerow> 82<tablerow> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">=B8-SUM(B10:B14)</paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87<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> 88</tablecell> 89</tablerow> 90<tablerow> 91<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">=SUM(B8;SUM(B10:B14))</paragraph> 93</tablecell> 94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95<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> 96</tablecell> 97</tablerow> 98<comment>removed row with old row limit of 65536</comment> 99</table> 100<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> 101<section id="relatedtopics"> 102<embed href="text/scalc/guide/formula_enter.xhp#formula_enter"/> 103<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> 104<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> 105</section> 106</body> 107</helpdocument> 108