1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 352ac0773SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4a0ebbce0Smseidel * 552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 652ac0773SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 752ac0773SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 852ac0773SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 952ac0773SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1052ac0773SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1152ac0773SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12a0ebbce0Smseidel * 1352ac0773SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14a0ebbce0Smseidel * 1552ac0773SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1652ac0773SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1752ac0773SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1852ac0773SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1952ac0773SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2052ac0773SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21a0ebbce0Smseidel * 2252ac0773SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2352ac0773SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc0106030100xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Trace Precedents</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/06030100.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="spurzumvorgaenger"> 3354be4daeSmseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155628"> 3454be4daeSmseidel<bookmark_value>cells; tracing precedents</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>formula cells;tracing precedents</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShowPrecedents" id="bm_id2408205" localize="false"/><!-- HID added by script --> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShowPrecedents" id="bm_id3145673" localize="false"/> 39*081ba2caSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155628" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/scalc/01/06030100.xhp" name="Trace Precedents">Trace Precedents</link></paragraph> 40*081ba2caSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153542" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid=".uno:ShowPrecedents">This function shows the relationship between the current cell containing a formula and the cells used in the formula.</ahelp></paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 42*081ba2caSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Traces are displayed in the sheet with marking arrows. At the same time, the range of all the cells contained in the formula of the current cell is highlighted with a blue frame.</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="howtoget"> 44a0ebbce0Smseidel<embed href="text/scalc/00/00000406.xhp#exdszv"/> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 46*081ba2caSmseidel<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3154321" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">This function is based on a principle of layers. For example, if the precedent cell to a formula is already indicated with a tracer arrow, when you repeat this command, the tracer arrows are drawn to the precedent cells of this cell.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 49