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Formula
Opens a sub-menu, from which you can insert a formula into the cell of a table. Place the cursor in a cell in the table or at the position in the document where you want the result to appear. Click the Formula icon and choose the desired formula from the sub-menu.
The formula appears in the input line. To specify a range of cells in a table, select the desired cells with the mouse. The corresponding cell references also appear in the input line. Enter additional parameters, as necessary, and click the Apply icon to confirm your entry. You can also enter the formula directly if you know the appropriate syntax. This is necessary, for example, in the Insert Fields and Edit Fields dialogue boxes.
To access this command...
With the cursor in a table, press
F2In the Table toolbar, press the Formula icon.
Formula
Summary of Formula Options
Basic Calculation Functions
| Operation | Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Addition | + | Calculates the total. Example: + 8 |
| Subtraction | - | Calculates the difference Example: 10 - |
| Multiplication | MUL or * | Calculates the product. Example: 7 MUL 9 |
| Division | DIV or / | Calculates the quotient Example: 100 DIV 15 |
Basic Functions in the Sub-menu
| Function | Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Sum | SUM | Calculates the sum of the selected cells. Example: SUM displays the sum of the values in cells A2 to C2 |
| Round | ROUND | Rounds a number to the specified decimal places. Example: 15.678 ROUND 2 displays 15.68 |
| Percent | PHD | Calculates a percentage Example: 10 + 15 PHD displays 10.15 |
| Square Root | SQRT | Calculates the square root. Example: SQRT 25 displays 5.00 |
| Power | POW | Calculates the power of a number. Example: 2 POW 8 displays 256.00 |
Operators
You can insert various operators in your formula. Choose from the following functions:
| Operator | Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
| List Separator | | | Separates the elements in a list. Example of using a list: MIN 10|20 |
| Equal | EQ or == | Checks if selected values are equal. If they are unequal, the result is zero, otherwise 1 (true) appears. Example: EQ 2 displays 1, if the content of A1 equals 2. |
| Not Equal | NEQ or != | Tests for inequality between selected values. Example: NEQ 2 displays 0 (false), if the content of A1 equals 2. |
| Less than or Equal to | LEQ | Tests for values less than or equal to a specified value. Example: LEQ 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is less than or equal to 2. |
| Greater than or Equal to | GEQ | Tests for values greater than or equal to a specified value Example: GEQ 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is greater than or equal to 2. |
| Less than | L | Tests for values less than a specified value Example: L 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is less than 2. |
| Greater than | G | Tests for values greater than a specified value Example: G 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is greater than 2. |
| Boolean Or | OR | Tests for values matching the Boolean OR Example: 0 OR 0 displays 0 (false), anything else results in 1 (true) |
| Boolean X Or | XOR | Tests for values matching the Boolean exclusive OR Example: 1 XOR 0 displays 1 (true) |
| Boolean And | AND | Tests for values matching the Boolean AND Example: 1 AND 2 displays 1 (true) |
| Boolean Not | NOT | Tests for values matching the Boolean NOT Example: NOT 1 (true) displays 0 (false) |
Statistical Functions
You can choose from the following statistical functions:
| Function | Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Mean | MEAN | Calculates the arithmetic mean of the values in an area or a list. Example: MEAN 10|30 |
| Minimum Value | MIN | Calculates the minimum value in an area or a list. Example: MIN 10|30 |
| Maximum Value | MAX | Calculates the maximum value in an area or a list. Example: MAX 10|30 |
| Product | PRODUCT | Calculates the product of the selected cells. Example: PRODUCT displays the product of the values in cells A2 to C2 |
| Count | COUNT | Counts the number of non-empty cells. Example: COUNT displays the number of non-empty cells in A2 to C2. |
Functions
You can choose from the following functions:
| Function | Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Sine | SIN | Calculates the sine in radians Example: SIN (PI/2) |
| Cosine | COS | Calculates the cosine in radians. Example: COS 1 |
| Tangent | TAN | Calculates the tangent in radians. Example: TAN |
| Arc Sine | ASIN | Calculates the arc sine in radians. Example: ASIN 1 |
| Arc Cosine | ACOS | Calculates the arc cosine in radians. Example: ACOS 1 |
| Arc Tangent | ATAN | Calculates the arc tangent in radians. Example: ATAN 1 |
| Absolute value | ABS | Returns the absolute value of the number. Example: ABS -34 returns 34 |
| Sign | SIGN | Returns the algebraic sign of the number. Example: SIGN -23 returns -1 |
Variables for document properties
The following document properties are also found under File - Properties - Statistics.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CHAR | Number of characters in the document |
| WORD | Number of words in the document |
| PARA | Number of paragraphs in the document |
| GRAPH | Number of graphics in the document |
| TABLES | Number of tables in the document |
| OLE | Number of OLE objects in the document |
| PAGE | Total number of pages in the document |
More Defined Values
| Description | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| PI | PI | 3.1415... |
| Euler's constant | E | 2.71828... |
| True | TRUE | not equal to 0 |
| False | FALSE | 0 |