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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The following is an example of a calculation in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Calc. It describes a percentage calculation that you can perform in a spreadsheet:</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Enter the number 150 and press the Enter key. The cursor then moves down to cell A4.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Enter the number 16 in cell A4. This time, however, press the Tab key instead of the Enter key. The cursor moves to the right to cell B4.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="20" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you start the input with an equals sign, you are indicating that you want to enter a formula. You will see the formula in the input line of the Formula bar.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Press Enter to finish the formula. You will see the result of the calculation (16 percent of 150) in cell B4.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Click on cell A3, enter 200, and press the Enter key. Notice that the calculation result is adjusted automatically.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Click on cell B4, and then click at the end of the formula in the input line of the Formula bar. A blinking text cursor indicates that you can make a new entry.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Add "+ A3" (without the quotation marks) to the formula and press the Enter key. The newly calculated value of the formula appears in cell B4: the previous 16 percent of A3 plus the contents of A3.</p>
