<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************** * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ***********************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalcguideformula_copyxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Copying Formulas</title> <filename>/text/scalc/guide/formula_copy.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2006-04-18T14:55:39">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151113"><bookmark_value>formulas; copying and pasting</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>copying; formulas</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>pasting;formulas</bookmark_value> </bookmark><comment>mw added "pasting;" and changed "formulas;"</comment> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151113" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="54"><variable id="formula_copy"><link href="text/scalc/guide/formula_copy.xhp" name="Copying Formulas">Copying Formulas</link> </variable></paragraph> <section id="copytext"> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">There are various ways to copy a formula. One suggested method is:</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Select the cell containing the formula.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Choose <emph>Edit - Copy</emph>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+C to copy it.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159155" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Select the cell into which you want the formula to be copied.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153728" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V. The formula will be positioned in the new cell.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149961" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">If you want to copy a formula into multiple cells, there is a quick and easy way to copy into adjacent cell areas:</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select the cell containing the formula.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154018" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Position the mouse on the bottom right of the highlighted border of the cell, and continue holding down the mouse button until the pointer changes to a cross-hair symbol.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">With the mouse button pressed, drag it down or to the right over all the cells into which you want to copy the formula.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">When you release the mouse button, the formula will be copied into the cells and automatically adjusted.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156385" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">If you do not want values and texts to be automatically adjusted, then hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> key when dragging. Formulas, however, are always adjusted accordingly.</paragraph> </section> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/relativ_absolut_ref.xhp#relativ_absolut_ref"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>