On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 21:43 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > 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..... Maybe I should ask it this way.... How do I come up with a calculation by inputting a number into a cell, and have it automatically multiply by a set number? Then I can paste it to other cells or the entire row. Basically I want it to do the calculation for me instead of in my head or calculator. Not a do or die thing, just something trying to do for fun. -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "The best town on Earth!" -- 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
