Libreoffice calculation [OT]

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 20:55 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 21:43 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> > On 03/21/2011 09:26 PM, Mike Chambers wrote:
> > > Got a sort of OT question...
> > > 
> > > In libreoffice using spreadsheet, I want to input a number in a cell and
> > > have it multiply by 16.
> > > 
> > > I have tried =D3*16 and =sum(D3*16) and both get errors.
> > > 
> > > Anyone have any ideas?  Obviously may contact me offlist and not bug the
> > > list if know the answer.
> > > 
> > > thanks ahead of time,
> > 
> > Basic spreadsheet 101:
> > 
> > 	You cannot self-reference a cell in a calculation.  ie, you cannot put
> > the expression: =D3*16  into cell D3.
> > 
> > 	If you put that expression in some other cell, then D3 needs to contain
> > numeric data so that the multiplication can succeed.  I do it all the
> > time in Excel and OpenOffice.  I can't believe it is broken in
> > LibreOffice.....
> 
> 
> Maybe I should ask it this way....
> 
> How do I come up with a calculation by inputting a number into a cell,
> and have it automatically multiply by a set number?  Then I can paste it
> to other cells or the entire row.  Basically I want it to do the
> calculation for me instead of in my head or calculator.  Not a do or die
> thing, just something trying to do for fun.
> 
Nothing wrong with that. But the cell the number is put into and the
cell that represents 16* cell_value must be different cells.
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