Calc

Use the logical function if (yielding one of two specific values) with comparison operator: =, >, <. To use the logical function ‘IF’, we need to follow the same steps as before to reach the ‘Function Wizard’. In the ‘Function Wizard’, select ‘Logical’ in the ‘Category’ and from ‘Function’, select ‘IF’. Click on ‘Next’ and…

Use sum, average, minimum, maximum, count, counta, round functions. Functions help us in analyzing and referencing data. To use functions in a worksheet, first of all we need some data on which the functions are to be applied. Any function needs some arguments to be passed to it as parameters, upon which the calculations or…

Arithmetic Formulas Recognize good practice in formula creation: refer to cell references rather than type numbers into formulas. We have been entering either text or numbers into the cells till now, but in case the data in a cell is dependent on the value of data of other cells, we use formulas. Formulas use numbers…

Switch between worksheets. To switch between different open worksheets, we just need to click on the appropriate sheet name from the bottom of the Calc window, as has been shown in the below given illustration. When we click on a particular sheet name, that sheet will get opened. This is how we can switch between…

Rows and Columns Select a row, range of adjacent rows, and range of non-adjacent rows. To select a row, simply click on the row header for that row. It should just be a single click and not a double click. This will select the entire row. To select a range of adjacent rows, click on…

Copy the content of a cell, cell range within a worksheet, between worksheets, between open spreadsheets. To copy the content of a cell or a range of cells within a worksheet, between worksheets or even to another open spreadsheet, simply select the cell or the range of cells. Then right click anywhere on the selected…

Edit cell content, modify existing cell content. To edit or modify the content of a cell, double click on that cell. This will enable the editing for that cell. After this, delete the already present data in that cell using the backspace button from the keyboard and enter the new data as per the requirements.…

Insert, Select Understand that a cell in a worksheet should contain only one element of data, (for example, first name detail in one cell, surname detail in adjacent cell). Any cell in a worksheet should always contain only one element of data. Even if we want to enter the name of a person; then the…

Set basic options/preferences in the application: user name, default folder to open, save spreadsheets. To set the basic options in the Calc application, click on ‘Tools’ from the main menu bar. From the resulting drop-down, click on ‘Options’. This will open the ‘Options’ dialog box. In the ‘Options’ dialog box, under ‘LibreOffice’, in ‘User Data’…

Open, close a spreadsheet application. Open, close spreadsheets. To start Calc, click on the ‘Start’ button on your Windows machine. Click on ‘All Programs’ and then go to the ‘LibreOffice’ folder in the list of all programs which gets displayed. Click on the ‘LibreOffice’ folder and then click on ‘LibreOffice Calc’. This will start the…