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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <html><head><title>Calculating in Spreadsheets</title><meta name="filename" content="text/scalc/guide/calculate"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css"> table.Tabelle1{ } span.Tabelle1A{ width:0.979cm;} span.Tabelle1B{ width:17.02cm;} p.P1{ } span.fr1{ } </style></head><body> <p class="P1"/> <p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="spreadsheets; calculating" tag="kw68073_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="calculating; in spreadsheets" tag="kw68073_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="formulas; in spreadsheets" tag="kw68073_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="calculate" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68073">Calculating in Spreadsheets</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p> <p class="Paragraph">In the following we show you a simple example of the percentage calculation that you can perform in a spreadsheet:</p> <table><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">1.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">Position the cursor in cell A3.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">2.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">Enter the number 150 and press the Enter key. The cursor then moves down to cell A4.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">3.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">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> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">4.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">Enter the following in cell B4:</p> <p class="Paragraph">=A3 * A4 / 100</p> <p class="Paragraph">If you start the input with an equals sign, you are thereby indicating that you want to enter a formula. You will see the formula in the input line of the formula bar.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="TextInTable"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="Grafik1" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="11.483cm" svg:height="4.313cm" draw:z-index="0" xlink:href="67226" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">5.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">Press Enter to finish the formula. You will see the result of the calculation (16 percent of 150) in cell B4.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">6.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">Click on cell A3, enter 200, and press the Enter key. Notice that the calculation result is adjusted automatically.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">7.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">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> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">8.</p> </span></td><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">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> </span></td></tr></table> <p class="Paragraph"/> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="65598" Eid="related" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="68069" Eid="calc_timevalues" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> </body></html>