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diff --git a/source/text/scalc/guide/fraction_enter.xhp b/source/text/scalc/guide/fraction_enter.xhp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4e62bfa517 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/text/scalc/guide/fraction_enter.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> + + +<!--*********************************************************************** + * + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. + * + * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. + * + * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite + * + * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. + * + * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 + * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details + * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see + * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> + * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. + * + ************************************************************************--> + +<helpdocument version="1.0"> +<meta> +<topic id="textscalcguidefraction_enterxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> +<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Entering Fractions </title> +<filename>/text/scalc/guide/fraction_enter.xhp</filename> +</topic> +<history> +<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> +<lastedited date="2005-08-09T12:55:10">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> +</history> +</meta> +<body> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155411"><bookmark_value>fractions; entering</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>numbers; entering fractions </bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>inserting;fractions</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="41"><variable id="fraction_enter"><link href="text/scalc/guide/fraction_enter.xhp" name="Entering Fractions ">Entering Fractions </link> +</variable></paragraph> +<section id="fractiontext"> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153968" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">You can enter a fractional number in a cell and use it for calculation:</paragraph> +<list type="unordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Enter "0 1/5" in a cell (without the quotation marks) and press the input key. In the input line above the spreadsheet you will see the value 0.2, which is used for the calculation.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">If you enter "0 1/2" AutoCorrect causes the three characters 1, / and 2 to be replaced by a single character. The same applies to 1/4 and 3/4. This replacement is defined in <emph>Tools - AutoCorrect Options - Options</emph> tab.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">If you want to see multi-digit fractions such as "1/10", you must change the cell format to the multi-digit fraction view. Open the context menu of the cell, and choose <emph>Format cells. </emph>Select "Fraction" from the <emph>Category</emph> field, and then select "-1234 10/81". You can then enter fractions such as 12/31 or 12/32 - the fractions are, however, automatically reduced, so that in the last example you would see 3/8.</paragraph> +</section> +<section id="relatedtopics"> +<embed href="text/scalc/guide/text_numbers.xhp#text_numbers"/> +</section> +</body> +</helpdocument> |