1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!-- 5 * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. 6 * 7 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 8 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this 9 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. 10 * 11 * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: 12 * 13 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 14 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed 15 * with this work for additional information regarding copyright 16 * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache 17 * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file 18 * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 19 * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . 20 --> 21 22<helpdocument version="1.0"> 23<meta> 24<topic id="textscalcguideformula_copyxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 25<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Copying Formulas</title> 26<filename>/text/scalc/guide/formula_copy.xhp</filename> 27</topic> 28<history> 29<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 30</history> 31</meta> 32<body> 33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151113"><bookmark_value>formulas; copying and pasting</bookmark_value> 34<bookmark_value>copying; formulas</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>pasting;formulas</bookmark_value> 36</bookmark><comment>mw added "pasting;" and changed "formulas;"</comment> 37<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151113" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="formula_copy"><link href="text/scalc/guide/formula_copy.xhp" name="Copying Formulas">Copying Formulas</link> 38</variable></paragraph> 39<section id="copytext"> 40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156424" xml-lang="en-US">There are various ways to copy a formula. One suggested method is:</paragraph> 41<list type="ordered"> 42<listitem> 43<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US">Select the cell containing the formula.</paragraph> 44</listitem> 45<listitem> 46<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154319" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Edit - Copy</emph>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+C to copy it.</paragraph> 47</listitem> 48<listitem> 49<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159155" xml-lang="en-US">Select the cell into which you want the formula to be copied.</paragraph> 50</listitem> 51<listitem> 52<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153728" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V. The formula will be positioned in the new cell.</paragraph> 53</listitem> 54</list> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149961" xml-lang="en-US">If you want to copy a formula into multiple cells, there is a quick and easy way to copy into adjacent cell areas:</paragraph> 56<list type="ordered"> 57<listitem> 58<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US">Select the cell containing the formula.</paragraph> 59</listitem> 60<listitem> 61<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154018" xml-lang="en-US">Position the mouse on the bottom right of the highlighted border of the cell, and continue holding down the mouse button until the pointer changes to a cross-hair symbol.</paragraph> 62</listitem> 63<listitem> 64<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150749" xml-lang="en-US">With the mouse button pressed, drag it down or to the right over all the cells into which you want to copy the formula.</paragraph> 65</listitem> 66<listitem> 67<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153714" xml-lang="en-US">When you release the mouse button, the formula will be copied into the cells and automatically adjusted.</paragraph> 68</listitem> 69</list> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156385" xml-lang="en-US">If you do not want values and texts to be automatically adjusted, then hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> key when dragging. Formulas, however, are always adjusted accordingly.</paragraph> 71</section> 72<section id="relatedtopics"> 73<embed href="text/scalc/guide/relativ_absolut_ref.xhp#relativ_absolut_ref"/> 74</section> 75</body> 76</helpdocument> 77