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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Calculating With Formulas</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155411"><bookmark_value>formulas;calculating with</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>calculating; with formulas</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>examples;formula calculation</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="formulas"><link href="text/scalc/guide/formulas.xhp">Calculating With Formulas</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US">All formulas begin with an equals sign. The formulas can contain numbers, text, arithmetic operators, logic operators, or functions.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3145272" xml-lang="en-US">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>
<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US">Parentheses can also be used. The result of the formula =(1+2)*3 produces a different result than =1+2*3.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156285" xml-lang="en-US">Here are a few examples of $[officename] Calc formulas:</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154015" xml-lang="en-US">=A1+10</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US">Displays the contents of cell A1 plus 10.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US">=A1*16%</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154255" xml-lang="en-US">Displays 16% of the contents of A1.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US">=A1 * A2</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146315" xml-lang="en-US">Displays the result of the multiplication of A1 and A2.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US">=ROUND(A1;1)</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US">Displays the contents of cell A1 rounded to one decimal place.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150209" xml-lang="en-US">=EFFECTIVE(5%;12)</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150883" xml-lang="en-US">Calculates the effective interest for 5% annual nominal interest with 12 payments a year.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146114" xml-lang="en-US">=B8-SUM(B10:B14)</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154486" xml-lang="en-US">Calculates B8 minus the sum of the cells B10 to B14.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152890" xml-lang="en-US">=SUM(B8;SUM(B10:B14))</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159171" xml-lang="en-US">Calculates the sum of cells B10 to B14 and adds the value to B8.</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
</table>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150109" xml-lang="en-US">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>
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<embed href="text/scalc/guide/formula_enter.xhp#formula_enter"/>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp">Functions list</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152869" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060000.xhp">Function Wizard</link></paragraph>
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