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Meta5 Spreadsheet User's Guide Version 4.3 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information under “Notices”. Third Edition (January 2013) This edition applies to Version 4 Release 3 Modification Level 3 of Meta5, and to any subsequent releases until otherwise indicated in new editions or technical newsletters. Make sure you are using the correct edition for the level of the product. Order publications through your Meta5 representative or the Meta5 branch office serving your locality. When you send information to Meta5, you grant Meta5 a nonexclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you. Contents About This Book . vii Chapter 5. Working with Formulas.21 Who Should Read This Book . vii Using Operators . 21 Prerequisite Reading. vii Relative Versus Absolute Cell References . 24 We'd Like Your Comments . vii Relative Cell References . 24 Absolute Cell References . 24 Entering a Formula into Several Cells at Once 25 Notices . ix Using Functions in Formulas. 26 Trademarks . xi Getting Help Using Functions . 26 Using Ranges and Regions in Formulas . 28 Chapter 1. The Spreadsheet Tool . 1 Using Dates in Formulas . 28 Using Strings in Formulas . 29 Chapter 2. Getting Started. 3 Selecting Spreadsheet Elements . 3 Chapter 6. Setting Calculation Selecting a Single Cell . 3 Options . .31 Selecting a Range of Cells . 4 Setting Recalculations to Occur Automatically or Selecting Rows, Columns, or the Entire Manually . 31 Spreadsheet . 4 Changing the Recalculation Order . 31 Moving Around a Spreadsheet . 4 Performing Calculations Until a Specific Repositioning a Selection to the Top of the Condition Is Met. 32 Window . 5 Performing Calculations with Full or Displayed Freezing Rows and Columns . 5 Precision . 33 Expanding a Frozen Area. 6 Ignoring Error and N/A Values in Aggregate Selecting Multiple Cells Within a Frozen Functions. 33 Area. 6 Stopping a Calculation. 35 Unfreezing Rows and Columns. 7 Chapter 7. Editing Spreadsheets . .37 Chapter 3. Entering Data . 9 Editing Information in a Cell. 37 Identifying Different Types of Cell Entries . 9 Canceling Changes . 37 Entering Data Directly into a Cell . 10 Inserting a Blank Column or Row . 38 Entering Data Through the Spreadsheet Options Clearing and Deleting Information. 38 Window . 10 Protecting the Contents of a Cell. 39 Entering Numbers . 10 Sorting Information . 40 Entering Text . 11 Entering Dates. 12 Chapter 8. Formatting a Valid Date Formats . 12 Including Time in a Date Entry . 13 Spreadsheet . .43 Formatting Data in the Spreadsheet . 43 Displaying Formula Rules Versus Results. 44 Chapter 4. Copying and Moving Data Aligning Information in a Cell. 44 Within a Spreadsheet. 15 Formatting Text . 45 Setting the Copy/Move Controls . 15 Setting the Font . 45 Copying and Moving Cell Contents . 16 Wrapping Text. 45 Copying and Moving Columns and Rows . 16 Formatting Numbers . 46 Replicating Cells . 18 Setting the Displayed Precision . 47 Moving Cells Referenced in a Formula . 19 Rounding and Truncating . 48 Moving a Single Cell Within a Referenced Range Specifying the Length of a Number. 48 of Cells . 19 Displaying Symbols with Numbers . 49 Displaying Negative Numbers . 49 Displaying Numbers in Scientific Notation . 50 Specifying Thousands and Decimal iii Separators. 50 Log — Calculating Logarithms . 85 Formatting Dates and Times. 51 Max — Finding the Maximum Value. 86 Changing Column Width . 52 Min — Finding the Minimum Value. 87 Changing Row Height . 53 Mod — Finding the Remainder (Modulus) . 88 Hiding Error, N/A, and Zero Values . 53 Round — Rounding a Value. 89 Hiding Grid Lines. 54 Date and Time Functions . 90 Date — Converting a String to a Date . 92 Datebuild — Creating a Date from Numeric Chapter 9. Working with Regions . 57 Values. 93 Creating a Region . 57 Datenum — Converting a Date to a Numeric Selecting a Region . 58 Value. 95 Changing the Name of a Region. 59 Datespan — Extracting a Numeric Value from Changing the Size of a Region . 59 a Date. 96 Changing the Coordinates of a Region . 59 Datestr — Converting a Date to a String . 97 Expanding or Reducing a Region by Adding Now — Calculating the Current Date and Time Columns or Rows . 59 99 Unnaming, Moving, and Deleting Regions . 60 Period — Finding the Smallest Time Period in a Date. 100 Chapter 10. Printing a Spreadsheet61 Timenum — Converting Time to a Fractional Printing a Wide Spreadsheet . 61 Value. 102 Printing a Range of Cells . 62 Timestr — Converting Time to a Character Printing the Spreadsheet Grid Lines . 63 String . 103 Printing Column and Row Headings . 63 Financial Functions . 104 Cirr — Calculating Continuous Internal Rate of Return. 104 Chapter 11. Using Expert Features 65 Fv — Calculating Future Value. 105 Copying and Moving Information from Other Irr — Calculating Internal Rate of Return . 106 Tools . 65 Npv — Calculating Net Present Value . 107 Using Spreadsheet in a Capsule Application . 66 Pv — Calculating Present Value. 108 Transferring Formats to Other Tools . 66 String Functions . 109 Reading Data from Other Spreadsheets . 67 Case — Changing the Letter Case in a Running a BASIC Program from a String . 111 Spreadsheet . 68 Clean — Removing Spaces and Tabs from Syntax . 68 the End of a String . 112 Remarks. 68 Concat — Concatenating Strings . 113 Examples . 68 Edit — Inserting a New String into an Existing String . 114 Exact — Comparing Strings . 115 Appendix A. Functions. 71 Find — Finding a Character Sequence Types of Functions . 71 Within a String . 116 Statistical Functions . 71 Left — Extracting Characters from the Left Average — Calculating the Average . 72 End of a String . 117 Count — Counting Numeric Values . 73 Len — Counting the Number of Characters in Median — Finding the Middle Value. 74 a String . 118 Mode — Finding the Most Frequent Value. 76 Mid — Extracting Characters from a Random — Generating a Random Number 77 String . 119 Std Dev — Calculating the Standard Repeat — Duplicating a String Pattern. 120 Deviation . 77 Right — Extracting Characters from the Right Sum — Adding Values . 78 End of a String . 121 Variance — Calculating the Variance . 79 Rotate — Shifting the Position of Characters Mathematical Functions . 80 Within a String . 122 Abs — Calculating Absolute Value. 81 String — Converting a Number to a Exp — Calculating the Power of e . 82 String . 123 Fract — Extracting the Fractional Part of a Val — Converting a Number Entered as Text Number . 83 to a Value . 124 Int — Calculating the Integer of a Value. 84 Table Functions . 125 Ln — Calculating Natural Logarithms. 85 Choose — Retrieving a Value from a iv Meta5: Spreadsheet User's Guide List . 126 Appendix B. Keyboard Hlookup — Searching Horizontally for a Value Alternatives . 137 in a Range of Cells. 128 Index — Retrieving a Value from a Specified Location . 130 Glossary . 139 Vlookup — Searching Vertically for a Value in a Range of Cells. 131 Miscellaneous and Logical Functions . 133 Meta5 Publications . 153 If — Evaluating Conditional Statements . 133 Set@ — Setting an @-Value in a Capsule Index . ..