On 03/21/2011 09:26 PM, Mike Chambers wrote: > Got a sort of OT question... > > In libreoffice using spreadsheet, I want to input a number in a cell and > have it multiply by 16. > > I have tried =D3*16 and =sum(D3*16) and both get errors. > > Anyone have any ideas? Obviously may contact me offlist and not bug the > list if know the answer. > > thanks ahead of time, Basic spreadsheet 101: You cannot self-reference a cell in a calculation. ie, you cannot put the expression: =D3*16 into cell D3. If you put that expression in some other cell, then D3 needs to contain numeric data so that the multiplication can succeed. I do it all the time in Excel and OpenOffice. I can't believe it is broken in LibreOffice..... -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
