Calculating in Text Documents
You can insert a calculation directly into a text document or into a text table.
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Click in the document where you want to insert the calculation, and then press F2. If you are in a table cell, type an equals sign =.
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Type the calculation that you want to insert, for example, "=10000/12", and then press Enter.
You can also click the \<emph\>Formula \</emph\>icon on the \<emph\>Formula Bar\</emph\>, and then choose a function for your formula.
To reference cells in a Writer text table, enclose the cell address or the cell range in angle brackets. For example, to reference cell A1 from another cell, enter =<A1> into the cell.
Cell Entries that Start with Equal Sign (=)
To make a table cell entry that starts with = sign, first enter a space, then the = sign, and then delete the space.