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<comment>mw reduced "calculating;"  entries to one entry</comment>

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<paragraph id="par_id3145245" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">You can use predefined functions in a formula, and then insert the result of the calculation into a text document.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152901" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">For example, to calculate the mean value of three numbers, do the following:</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3145078" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in the document where you want to insert the formula, and then press F2.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3156382" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click the <item type="menuitem">Formula</item> icon, and choose "Mean" from the Statistical Functions list.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3149692" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Type the three numbers, separated by vertical slashes (|).</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3149481" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Press <emph>Enter</emph>. The result is inserted as a field into the document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149823" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To edit the formula, double-click the field in the document.</paragraph>

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