IBM Lotus Symphony


Formula

Opens a submenu, from which you can insert a formula into the cell of a table. Place the cursor in a cell in the table or at the position in the document where you want the result to appear. Click the Formula icon and choose the desired formula from the submenu.

The formula appears in the input line. To specify a range of cells in a table, select the desired cells with the mouse. The corresponding cell references also appear in the input line. Enter additional parameters, as necessary, and click Apply to confirm your entry. You can also enter the formula directly if you know the appropriate syntax. This is necessary, for example, in the Insert Fields and Edit Fields dialogs.

Icon Formula

Summary of Formula Options

Table 1. Basic calculation functions
Function Represented by Description
Addition +

Calculates the total.

Example: <A1> + 8

Subtraction -

Calculates the difference

Example: 10 - <B5>

Multiplication MUL or *

Calculates the product.

Example: 7 MUL 9

Division DIV or /

Calculates the quotient

Example: 100 DIV 15

Table 2. Basic functions in the submenu
Function Represented by Description
Sum SUM

Calculates the sum of the selected cells.

Example: SUM <A2:C2> displays the sum of the values in cells A2 to C2

Rounds a number to the specified decimal places.

Example: 15.678 ROUND 2 displays 15.68

Calculates a percentage

Example: 10 + 15 PHD displays 10.15

Calculates the square root.

Example: SQRT 25 displays 5.00

Calculates the power of a number.

Example: 2 POW 8 displays 256.00

Table 3. Functions that insert operators in a formula
Function Represented by Description
List Separator |

Separates the elements in a list.

Example of using a list:

MIN 10|20|50|<C6>|<A2:B6>|20

Checks if selected values are equal. If they are unequal, the result is zero, otherwise 1 (true) appears.

Example: <A1> EQ 2 displays 1, if the content of A1 equals 2.

Tests for inequality between selected values.

Example: <A1> NEQ 2 displays 0 (wrong), if the content of A1 equals 2.

Tests for values less than or equal to a specified value.

Example: <A1> LEQ 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is less than or equal to 2.

Tests for values greater than or equal to a specified value

Example: <A1> GEQ 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is greater than or equal to 2.

Tests for values less than a specified value

Example: <A1> L 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is less than 2.

Tests for values greater than a specified value

Example: <A1> G 2 displays 1 (true), if the content of A1 is greater than 2.

Tests for values matching the Boolean OR

Example: 0 OR 0 displays 0 (false), anything else results in 1 (true)

Tests for values matching the Boolean exclusive OR

Example: 1 XOR 0 displays 1 (true)

Tests for values matching the Boolean AND

Example: 1 AND 2 displays 1 (true)

Tests for values matching the Boolean NOT

Example: NOT 1 (true) displays 0 (false)

Table 4. Statistical functions
Function Represented by Description
Mean MEAN

Calculates the arithmetic mean of the values in an area or a list.

Example: MEAN 10|30|20 displays 20

Calculates the minimum value in an area or a list.

Example: MIN 10|30|20 displays 10

Calculates the maximum value in an area or a list.

Example: MAX 10|30|20 displays 30.00

Table 5. Trigonometric functions
Function Represented by Description
Sine SIN

Calculates the sine in radians

Example: SIN (PI/2)

Calculates the cosine in radians.

Example: COS 1

Calculates the tangent in radians.

Example: TAN <A1>

Calculates the arc sine in radians.

Example: ASIN 1

Calculates the arc cosine in radians.

Example: ACOS 1

Calculates the arc tangent in radians.

Example: ATAN 1

Variables for document properties

The following document properties are also found under File - File Properties - Statistics.

Table 6. Document properties
Property Description
CHAR Number of characters in the document
WORD Number of words in the document
PARA Number of paragraphs in the document
GRAPH Number of graphics in the document
TABLES Number of tables in the document
OLE Number of OLE objects in the document
PAGE Total number of pages in the document

More Defined Values

Table 7. More values
Value Represented by Meaning
PI PI 3.1415...
Euler's constant E 2.71828...
True TRUE not equal to 0
False FALSE 0

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