Writer Guide

the third column from the left and fourth row from the top. When the
cursor is in a cell, this cell reference is displayed on the status bar.
Tip
Basic spreadsheet functions in tables are much the same as in
OpenOffice.org Calc. The main difference is that cell references
are formatted differently. Cell A2 (first column, second row) is
referred to in Calc as A2 (or $A$2 for an absolute reference). In
Writer tables, it is referred to as <A2>.
For example, suppose you had two numbers in cells <B1> and <C2>
and wanted to display the sum of the two in cell <A1>, as shown in
Figure 280.
Figure 280: Using spreadsheet functions in a table
Do the following:
1) Click in cell <A1> and press the = key. The Formula bar appears
automatically, near the top of the screen. In the leftmost side of
the bar, you can see the coordinates of the selected cell.
2) Click in cell <B1>. The identifiers of this cell are automatically
displayed in the Formula bar and inserted into cell <A1>.
3) Press the + key.
4) Click on cell <C2>. You can see the final formula = <B1>+<C2>
displayed both in the selected cell and in the Object bar.
5) Press the Enter key or click the green tick (checkmark) on the
Formula Bar.
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