LibreOffice 25.2 Help
Opens a sub-menu, from which you can insert a formula into the cell of a table. Place the cursor in a cell in the table or at the position in the document where you want the result to appear. Click the Formula icon and choose the desired formula from the sub-menu.
The formula appears in the input line. To specify a range of cells in a table, select the desired cells with the mouse. The corresponding cell references also appear in the input line. Enter additional parameters, as necessary, and click the Apply icon to confirm your entry. You can also enter the formula directly if you know the appropriate syntax. This is necessary, for example, in the Insert Fields and Edit Fields dialogue boxes.
| Operation | Name | Example | 
|---|---|---|
| Addition | + | Calculates the total. Example: <A1> + 8 | 
| Subtraction | - | Calculates the difference. Example: 10 - <B5> | 
| Multiplication | MUL or * | Calculates the product. Example: 7 MUL 9 displays 63 | 
| Division | DIV or / | Calculates the quotient. Example: 100 DIV 15 displays 6.67 | 
You can insert various operators in your formula. Choose from the following functions:
You can choose from the following statistical functions:
You can choose from the following functions:
The following document properties are also found under File - Properties - Statistics.
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| CHAR | Number of characters in the document | 
| WORD | Number of words in the document | 
| PARA | Number of paragraphs in the document | 
| GRAPH | Number of graphics in the document | 
| TABLES | Number of tables in the document | 
| OLE | Number of OLE objects in the document | 
| PAGE | Total number of pages in the document | 
| Description | Name | Value | 
|---|---|---|
| PI | PI | 3.1415... | 
| Euler's constant | E | 2.71828... | 
| True | TRUE | not equal to 0 | 
| False | FALSE | 0 |