Formula

Opens a submenu, 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 submenu.

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 Apply 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 dialogs.

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 Submenu

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	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	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	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	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