Enter functions

Product: MyOffice Professional, MyOffice Standard, MyOffice Education

Application: Spreadsheet Desktop version

A list of functions supported by MyOffice Spreadsheet is available in Appendix A.

To enter a function in a cell, you can use the tools of the cell itself, the formula bar, or the Insert Function pane.

To enter a function using the cell or the Formula bar tools, follow these steps:

1.Select the cell in which you want to enter a function.

2.In the Formula bar or in the cell, type the equal sign (=).

3.Start typing the name of the function to display a list of available functions.

4.Select the function you want to use from the list using the mouse or the keyboard keys:

•Select the desired function in the list by left-clicking.

•Select the desired function in the list using the ↓ and ↑ keyboard keys and press Enter.

5.If necessary, you can read the description of the function. To do this, click the editor_changes_next_icon button to the right of the function name in the tooltip.

You can move the tooltip with the description of the function by holding the left mouse button down.

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6.Enter the arguments of the function.

MyOffice Spreadsheet allows you to define an entire column, a range of columns, an entire row, or a range of rows as an argument by selecting their headers as you enter the function.

If in Microsoft Windows, in the Customize Format window, "." is selected in the Decimal symbol field, then in MyOffice Spreadsheet, use "," instead of ";" as the separator of values in functions.

7.To finish entering a function, click the fx_accept_icon button in the Formula Bar or press Enter. To cancel entering a function, click the fx_reject_icon button in the Formula bar or press Esc.

To enter a function using the Insert Function pane, follow these steps:

1.Select the cell in which you want to enter a function.

2.Expand the Insert Function pane in one of the following ways:

•In the Insert menu, select Function.

•In the Formula bar, click side_panel_function .

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click t_more . In the insert pane that appears, click t_insert_formulas Function.

•On the Sidebar, click side_panel_function Insert Function.

•Press Shift+F3.

3.Find the required function in one of the following ways:

•Enter part of the function name/the whole name in the search field. Below is a list of functions that meet the search conditions.

•Select the group that the function belongs to. For example, the SUM function is included in the Math & Trig group.

•Find the function in one of the following groups:

oAll: Contains all functions supported by MyOffice Spreadsheet.

oRecent: Contains the last 10 functions entered by the user.

oMost popular: Contains a fixed list of 10 frequently used functions.

4.Select the required function.

5.If necessary, check out the function summary at the bottom of the Insert Function pane.

6.To insert a function into a cell, do one of the following:

•Click Paste.

•Select the function by double-clicking.

•Press Enter.

7.Enter the arguments of the function.

If in Microsoft Windows, in the Customize Format window, "." is selected in the Decimal symbol field, then in MyOffice Spreadsheet, use "," instead of ";" as the separator of values in functions.

8.To finish entering a function, click the fx_accept_icon button in the Formula Bar or press Enter. To cancel entering a function, click the fx_reject_icon button in the Formula bar or press Esc.

9.To close the Insert Function pane, do one of the following:

•In the Insert menu, select Function.

•In the Formula bar, click side_panel_function .

•On the Toolbar, in the Insert section, click t_more . In the insert pane that appears, click t_insert_formulas Function.

•On the Sidebar, click side_panel_function Insert Function.

•Click fp_header_back_icon in the upper part of the Insert Function pane.

•Press Shift+F3.

When working with numeric data, you often need to carry out typical operations on it and output the result in a separate cell, for example, to calculate the sum or display the average value for selected columns or rows. For this purpose, it is convenient to use the Autosum command. The command allows you to use five popular data processing functions: SUM, MIN, MAX, AVERAGE, COUNT.

Autosum recognizes the cell range with numeric data and substitutes it into the function. The cells selected before the operation will determine where the result of the calculation will be output and what range of data will be used. For example, to calculate the sum for a column, you can:

•Select an empty cell below the column. The result will be inserted into this cell.

•Select the entire column. The result will be inserted into the empty cell under the column closest to the range.

•Select a cell range if you want to use only part of the cells in the calculation. The result will be inserted into the empty cell under the column closest to the range.

It is important to take into account the following:

•If the range contains several cells with the results of the same function, only such cells will be automatically included in the range. This is convenient when any subtotals have already been calculated in the column, and the final total will be their sum.

•If an empty cell next to an area with numbers is selected, all numbers after the nearest cell with text, an empty cell, or a cell with the same function will automatically be included in the range:

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•If a cell range, column or row is selected, the function will include all data after the cell with the same function:

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To enter a function using the Autosum command, follow the steps below:

1.Select an empty cell next to the data, a column, row, or cell range.

2.Run the Autosum command in one of the following ways:

•Click autosumm_crop Autosum in the Formula bar or in the Data section of the Toolbar. The SUM function will be used. If you want to use another function, click the arrow to the right of the Autosum button and select the desired function from the drop-down list.

•In the Data menu, click Autosum.

•Press Alt+=.

When you select an option from the Command menu, Quick Actions box, or by using a keyboard shortcut, only the SUM function can be used.

3.If necessary, edit the function arguments or add additional ones to them.

4.To finish entering a function, click the fx_accept_icon button in the Formula Bar or press Enter. To cancel entering a function, click the fx_reject_icon button in the Formula bar or press Esc.

Only visible cells of the range are included in the calculation. The maximum possible number of arguments when using Autosum is 255.

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