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Formatting and rounding calculations
With the command Insert > Calculation, you can not only enter new calculations
(see section “Inserting calculations”) and edit existing ones, but also specify the
format of the calculation’s result.
You can set the format already when you enter a new calculation, or you can do
this at any time afterwards by selecting the calculation and invoking Insert >
Calculation.
The following options in the dialog box determine the format of the calculation:
Thousands separator
If you enable this option, numbers 1000 and above are represented with thousands
separators. For example, 1230000 is shown as 1,230,000.
Hide result
If you choose this option, the result of the calculation is not visible in the text.
This makes sense when, for example, you want to perform intermediate calculations
with variables and do not want to show the results.
Note: To make a hidden calculation visible again, invoke the command File >
Properties, change the View property sheet and activate the Display field
names option. Now you can select the calculation again, invoke Insert > Calculation
and disable the Hide result option.
Decimal places
With the default setting Floating, as many decimal places are shown as are
required to represent fully the result of the calculation. You can select instead
the Fixed option and enter a fixed number of decimal places to be shown. For
monetary amounts, for example, the number of decimal places should be fixed
at 2.
Attention: The value is not actually rounded by setting a fixed number of
decimal places; only its representation is rounded (see below)!
Actually rounding variables
It is essential to note that the option for setting the number of decimal places just
described changes only the way the results of a calculation are displayed. In reality,
the variable retains its original precision.
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