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The formulas can contain numbers, text, arithmetic operators, logic operators, or functions.</paragraph> 40<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> 41<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> 42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156285" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Here are a few examples of $[officename] Calc formulas:</paragraph> 43<table id="tbl_id3153878"> 44<tablerow> 45<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154015" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">=A1+10</paragraph> 47</tablecell> 48<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Displays the contents of cell A1 plus 10.</paragraph> 50</tablecell> 51</tablerow> 52<tablerow> 53<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">=A1*16%</paragraph> 55</tablecell> 56<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Displays 16% of the contents of A1.</paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59</tablerow> 60<tablerow> 61<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">=A1 * A2</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65<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> 66</tablecell> 67</tablerow> 68<tablerow> 69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">=ROUND(A1;1)</paragraph> 71</tablecell> 72<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 73<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> 74</tablecell> 75</tablerow> 76<tablerow> 77<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 78<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">=EFFECTIVE(5%;12)</paragraph> 79</tablecell> 80<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 81<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> 82</tablecell> 83</tablerow> 84<tablerow> 85<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 86<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">=B8-SUM(B10:B14)</paragraph> 87</tablecell> 88<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 89<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> 90</tablecell> 91</tablerow> 92<tablerow> 93<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 94<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">=SUM(B8;SUM(B10:B14))</paragraph> 95</tablecell> 96<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 97<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> 98</tablecell> 99</tablerow> 100<comment>removed row with old row limit of 65536</comment> 101</table> 102<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> 103<section id="relatedtopics"> 104<embed href="text/scalc/guide/formula_enter.xhp#formula_enter"/> 105<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> 106<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> 107</section> 108</body> 109</helpdocument> 110