<p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="formulas; in table cells" tag="kw68081_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="calculating; with formulas" tag="kw68081_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="references; in table formulas" tag="kw68081_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="formulas" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68081">Calculating With Formulas</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">All formulas begin with an equals sign. The formulas may contain numbers or text, and other data is also possible such as format details, that specify how the numbers are to be formatted. Naturally the formulas will also contain arithmetic operators, logic operators or function starts.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Remember that the basic arithmetic signs (+, -, *, /) can be used in formulas using the "Multiplication and Division before Addition and Subtraction" rule. Instead of writing =SUM(A1:B1) it's better to write =A1+B1.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Parentheses are also possible. The result of the formula =1+2*3 means something different than =(1+2)*3.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">Here are a few examples of <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Calc formulas:</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Calculates the sum of cells B10 to B14 and adds the value to B8.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">It is also possible to nest functions in formulas, as shown in the example. You can also nest functions within functions. For example, instead of =ROUND(A1;1), you could also calculate the sine function with =ROUND(SIN(A1);2). The Function AutoPilot assists you with nested functions.</p>