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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...

Go to Table - Edit Formula.

In the Table toolbar, press the Insert or Edit Formula icon.

In a text document, press F2.

Formula

## Summary of Formula Options

### Basic Calculation Functions

Operation | Name | Example
--- | --- | ---
Addition | + | Calculates the total. Example: <A1> + 8
Subtraction | - | Calculates the difference. Example: 10 - <B5>
Multiplication | MUL or * | Calculates the product. Example: 7 MUL 9 displays 63
Division | DIV or / | Calculates the quotient. Example: 100 DIV 15 displays 6.67

### Basic Functions in the Sub-menu

Function | Name | Example
--- | --- | ---
Sum | SUM | Calculates the sum of the selected cells. Example: SUM <A2:C2> 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
Power | POW | Calculates the power of a number. Example: 2 POW 8 displays 256

### 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|50|<C6>|<A2:B6>|20
Equal | EQ or == | Checks if selected values are equal. If they are unequal, the result is zero, otherwise 1 (true) appears. Example: <A1> EQ 2 displays 1, if the content of A1 equals 2
Not Equal | NEQ or != | Tests for inequality between selected values. Example: <A1> NEQ 2 displays 0 (wrong), 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: <A1> 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: <A1> 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: <A1> 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: <A1> 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|20 displays 20
Minimum Value | MIN | Calculates the minimum value in an area or a list. Example: MIN 10|30|20 displays 10
Maximum Value | MAX | Calculates the maximum value in an area or a list. Example: MAX 10|30|20 displays 30
Product | PRODUCT | Calculates the product of the selected cells. Example: PRODUCT <A2:C2> displays the product of the values in cells A2 to C2
Count | COUNT | Counts the number of non-empty cells. Example: COUNT <A2:C2> 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) displays 1
Cosine | COS | Calculates the cosine in radians. Example: COS 1 displays 0.54
Tangent | TAN | Calculates the tangent in radians. Example: TAN <A1>
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