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<a name="calculate"></a>Calculating in Spreadsheets</h1>
<p id="par_id3146120" class="paragraph">The following is an example of a calculation in LibreOffice Calc.</p>
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<p id="par_id3153951" class="listitem">Click in a cell, and type a number</p>
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<p id="par_idN10656" class="listitem">Press Enter.</p>
<p id="par_idN1065D" class="listitem">The cursor moves down to the next cell.</p>
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<p id="par_id3155064" class="listitem">Enter another number.</p>
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<p id="par_idN1066F" class="listitem">Press the Tab key.</p>
<p id="par_idN10676" class="listitem">The cursor moves to the right into the next cell.</p>
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<p id="par_id3154253" class="listitem">Type in a formula, for example, <span class="literal">=A3 * A4 / 100.</span></p>
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<p id="par_idN1068B" class="listitem"> Press Enter.</p>
<p id="par_id3147343" class="listitem">The result of the formula appears in the cell. If you want, you can edit the formula in the input line of the Formula bar.</p>
<p id="par_id3155378" class="listitem">When you edit a formula, the new result is calculated automatically.</p>
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