On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 20:55 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > 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. > Nothing wrong with that. But the cell the number is put into and the cell that represents 16* cell_value must be different cells. -- ======================================================================= "Facts are stupid things." -- President Ronald Reagan (a blooper from his speeach at the '88 GOP convention) ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
