1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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The formula can only contain numbers and operators and cannot contain spaces.</paragraph> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Plus Sign (+).</paragraph> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V.<br/>The selected formula is replaced by the result.</paragraph> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/main0214.xhp#releistename"/> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate.xhp#calculate"/> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext.xhp#calculate_intext"/> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intable.xhp#calculate_intable"/> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_multitable.xhp#calculate_multitable"/> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>