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Options for Spreadsheet
Formulas
This section
describes
how
to do the following:
•
Show
and hide formulas
•
Assign
names
to cells for'formulas
•
Turn
automatic
recalculation
on and off
t
•
Use circular
references
and iteration
in calculations
Showing and Hiding Formulas
To see a formula
for a single
cell, select
the cell and look
at the formula
in
the Edit Bar. If you want,
you can display
all of the formulas
in the
spreadsheet
cells. This can be helpful
if you have
entered
several
formulas
and
want
to see them
all at once.
When you show all formulas, they appear in cells as ff they were labels. That
is, if a formula is too long for a cell, it may spill over into the next cell if that
cell is empty. If the adjacent cell is not empty, the formula appears cut off.
I_ To show or hide all formulas:
l.
Select
Other
Settings
from the Options
menu.
A submenu
appears.
2. Select
Show
Formulas
to. show
all formulas.
OR
_"
De.select
Show
Formulas
to hide all formulas.
Naming Cells and Ranges
When
you create
a formula,
you must
include
references
to the cell or cells
that contain
the numbers
to calculate.
You can refer to cells by their
addresses,
or you can name
them
and then use the name
in formulas.
Naming
cells can make
your formulas
easier
to read. The second
formula
in
the following
example
is much
easier
to understand
than the First.
B4=B2+B3
or
INCOME_AIARY+TIPS
Cell names
can be up to 40 characters
long
and can include
alphanumeric
characters
and
the underscore
(._) symbol.
Cell names
cannot
contain
numbers,
spaces,
or other
characters.
If you type a space,
Spreadsheet
inserts
an underscore.
Cell names
are not case sensitive;
for example,
to Spreadsheet,
the name
Expenses
is the same
as EXPENSES
and expenses.
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