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Table cells in calculations
You can also use the cells in tables for calculations – almost like in a spreadsheet
application!
Take a look at the status bar at the bottom edge of the program window. When you
move from cell to cell in a table, the coordinates of the active cell in the table are
shown there.
TextMaker designates the rows of a table with numbers; the columns are assigned
the letters A, B, C, etc.
A1 B1 C1 ...
A2 B2 C2 ...
A3 B3 C3 ...
... ... ... ...
So, the first cell in a table has the coordinates “column A” and “row 1”, or for
short: A1.
To perform calculations on the contents of the cells of a table, invoke Insert >
Calculation and simply enter the coordinates, preceded by # signs. So the correct
formula for “add the contents of cells A1 and A2” would be:
#A1 + #A2
The # sign tells TextMaker that it should treat the content of the cell as a number. If
the cell’s content is to be treated as text, use the dollar sign ($) – for example, $A1.
Please note that calculations with short cell references (e.g. #A1 + #A2) are possible
only within a table. If you would like to refer to table cells outside a table, put
the table’s name and a period in front of the cell address. For example, if the table’s
name was “Table1” you could write:
Table1.#A1 + Table1.#A2
See also section “Objects in calculations” (page 367).
364 Calculations in the text Manual TextMaker