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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Calculating in Spreadsheets</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2006-02-21T13:06:54">FPE: Changed screenshots, cleaned up text; dedr: reviewed</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150791"><bookmark_value>spreadsheets; calculating</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>formulas; calculating</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw changed "formulas;..." entry</comment>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">The following is an example of a calculation in $[officename] Calc.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153951" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">Click in a cell, and type a number</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Press <item type="keycode">Enter</item>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The cursor moves down to the next cell.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155064" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">Enter another number.</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1066F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Press the <item type="keycode">Tab</item> key.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10676" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The cursor moves to the right into the next cell.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154253" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10">Type in a formula, for example, <item type="literal">=A3 * A4 / 100.</item>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1068B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> Press <item type="keycode">Enter</item>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155378" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">When you edit a formula, the new result is calculated automatically.</paragraph>
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