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29*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta>
30*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalcguidecalculatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
31*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Calculating in Spreadsheets</title>
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36*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150791">
37*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; calculating</bookmark_value>
38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>calculating; spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>formulas; calculating</bookmark_value>
40*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw changed "formulas;..." entry</comment>
41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="hd_id3150791" role="heading" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="calculate"><link href="text/scalc/guide/calculate.xhp" name="Calculating in Spreadsheets">Calculating in Spreadsheets</link></variable></paragraph>
42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_id3146120" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The following is an example of a calculation in $[officename] Calc.</paragraph>
43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_id3153951" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in a cell, and type a number</paragraph>
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_idN10656" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Press Enter.</paragraph>
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_idN1065D" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">The cursor moves down to the next cell.</paragraph>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_id3155064" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Enter another number.</paragraph>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_idN1066F" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Press the Tab key.</paragraph>
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_idN10676" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">The cursor moves to the right into the next cell.</paragraph>
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_id3154253" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Type in a formula, for example, <item type="literal">=A3 * A4 / 100.</item></paragraph>
60*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_idN1068B" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US"> Press Enter.</paragraph>
63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_id3147343" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">The result of the formula appears in the cell. If you want, you can edit the formula in the input line of the Formula bar.</paragraph>
64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph id="par_id3155378" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">When you edit a formula, the new result is calculated automatically.</paragraph>
65*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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