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35*cdf0e10cSrcweir      <topic id="textswriterguidecalculatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
36*cdf0e10cSrcweir         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Calculating in Text Documents</title>
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41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149909"><bookmark_value>calculating; in text</bookmark_value>
42*cdf0e10cSrcweir      <bookmark_value>formulas; calculating in text</bookmark_value>
43*cdf0e10cSrcweir      <bookmark_value>references;in Writer tables</bookmark_value>
44*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "formula bar in text"</comment>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149909" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="calculate"><link href="text/swriter/guide/calculate.xhp" name="Calculating in Text Documents">Calculating in Text Documents</link>
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47*cdf0e10cSrcweir      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149949" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can insert a calculation directly into a text document or into a text table.</paragraph>
48*cdf0e10cSrcweir      <list type="ordered">
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir         <listitem>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149972" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="3">Click in the document where you want to insert the calculation, and then press F2. If you are in a table cell, type an equals sign =.</paragraph>
51*cdf0e10cSrcweir         </listitem>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir         <listitem>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155547" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10">Type the calculation that you want to insert, for example, <item type="literal">=10000/12</item>, and then press Enter.</paragraph>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir         </listitem>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir      </list>
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155565" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="11">You can also click the <item type="menuitem">Formula</item>
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir         <emph/>icon on the <item type="menuitem">Formula Bar</item>, and then choose a function for your formula.</paragraph>
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8316904" role="note" l10n="NEW">To reference cells in a Writer text table, enclose the cell address or the cell range in angle brackets. For example, to reference cell A1 from another cell, enter =&lt;A1&gt; into the cell.</paragraph>
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