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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If not, see 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************ 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir --> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguidecalculate_intextxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents</title> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext.xhp</filename> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147406"><bookmark_value>formulas; complex formulas in text</bookmark_value> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>calculating;formulas/mean values</bookmark_value> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw reduced "calculating;" entries to one entry</comment> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147406" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="20"><variable id="calculate_intext"><link href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext.xhp" name="Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents">Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents</link> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145245" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25">You can use predefined functions in a formula, and then insert the result of the calculation into a text document.</paragraph> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152901" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="26">For example, to calculate the mean value of three numbers, do the following:</paragraph> 49*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 50*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 51*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145078" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Click in the document where you want to insert the formula, and then press F2.</paragraph> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="28">Click the <item type="menuitem">Formula</item> 55*cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>icon, and choose "Mean" from the Statistical Functions list.</paragraph> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 58*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149692" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="30">Type the three numbers, separated by vertical slashes (|).</paragraph> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 60*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149481" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="32">Press <emph>Enter</emph>. The result is inserted as a field into the document.</paragraph> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 63*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intext2.xhp#calculate_intext2"/> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/main0214.xhp#releistename"/> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate.xhp#calculate"/> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_clipboard.xhp#calculate_clipboard"/> 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_intable.xhp#calculate_intable"/> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/calculate_multitable.xhp#calculate_multitable"/> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>