1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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The result is inserted as a field into the document.</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149823" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="35">To edit the formula, double-click the field in the document.</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext2.xhp#calculate_intext2"/> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/main0214.xhp#releistename"/> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate.xhp#calculate"/> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_clipboard.xhp#calculate_clipboard"/> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intable.xhp#calculate_intable"/> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_multitable.xhp#calculate_multitable"/> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>