<?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="textswriterguidecalculate_clipboardxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Calculating and Pasting the Result of a Formula in a Text Document</title> <filename>/text/swriter/guide/calculate_clipboard.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147692"> <bookmark_value>pasting;results of formulas</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>clipboard;calculating in text</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>formulas;pasting results in text documents</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147692" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="35"><variable id="calculate_clipboard"><link href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_clipboard.xhp" name=" Calculating and Pasting the Result of a Formula in a Text Document"> Calculating and Pasting the Result of a Formula in a Text Document</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156366" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="36">If your text already contains a formula, for example "12+24*2", $[officename] can calculate, and then paste the result of the formula in your document, without using the <emph>Formula Bar</emph>.</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154250" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="37">Select the formula in the text. The formula can only contain numbers and operators and cannot contain spaces.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155496" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="38">Choose <emph>Tools - Calculate</emph>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command </caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Plus Sign (+).</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5172582" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Place the cursor where you want to insert the result of the formula, and then choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Paste</item>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command </caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V.<br/>The selected formula is replaced by the result.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> <embed href="text/swriter/main0214.xhp#releistename"/> <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate.xhp#calculate"/> <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext.xhp#calculate_intext"/> <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intable.xhp#calculate_intable"/> <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_multitable.xhp#calculate_multitable"/> </body> </helpdocument>