(solved) Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread Li Wei
I have complete the task using galculator manually Thanks anyway! On Fri, 9/18/15, David Wright wrote: Subject: Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, September 18, 2015, 11:06 PM It was

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread David Wright
Quoting Li Wei (root...@yahoo.com): > I don't have Excel > I open the file with oocalc It was suggested in Carl Fink's posting https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/09/msg00743.html that the numbers that you are trying to sum are not numbers at all. Could you check that out and respond. It wou

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread Li Wei
I don't have Excel I open the file with oocalc sort it and select part of it then copy/paste to a new file in oocalc On Fri, 9/18/15, Curt wrote: Subject: Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: F

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-18 Thread Curt
On 2015-09-17, Li Wei wrote: > I have not realized the problem is so difficult > I'd rather do manual calculation, it's one-time task > The file is paste from a Excel file I know how you feel. Have you tried opening the Excel file directly in Open Office Calc?

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Siard
Li Wei wrote: > I have not realized the problem is so difficult > I'd rather do manual calculation, it's one-time task > The file is paste from a Excel file Pasting from an Excel file looks odd to me, I guess it gives unpredictable results. Better open the Excel file with LO and paste it from ther

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Li Wei
I have not realized the problem is so difficult I'd rather do manual calculation, it's one-time task The file is paste from a Excel file Thanks anyway! On Thu, 9/17/15, Siard wrote: I can see it now.  N1:N8 do not contain numbers; they contain a

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Siard
Li Wei wrote: > I have attach the calc file, it's in Chinese, (sorry) > my question is how to display sum(N1:N8) in cell N9 I can see it now. N1:N8 do not contain numbers; they contain alphanumeric strings. If you select N1, then this is what you see in the formula bar: '-755.68 The apostroph i

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-17 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 14:13 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > Thanks to all those who reply! > > I have prefix equal sign, but it doesn't work > I have attach the calc file, it's in Chinese, (sorry) > my question is how to display sum(N1:N8) in cell N9 Hi, There are also mailing lists specifically for Libr

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:27:12PM +0200, Floris wrote: > What is your decimal separator? > > Go to Tools --> Options --> language Settings --> Languages > > Because when I replace the dots, with a comma the formula > =SUM(N1:N8) works Interestingly, on my system the items in those cells are no

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Floris
Op Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:13:34 +0200 schreef Li Wei : Thanks to all those who reply! I have prefix equal sign, but it doesn't work I have attach the calc file, it's in Chinese, (sorry) my question is how to display sum(N1:N8) in cell N9 Thanks! What is your decimal separator? Go to Tools --

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 03:12:22PM +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 06:02 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > > I want sum of a column of values > > I enter "SUM(N1:N8)" in cell N9 > > but can't get cell N9 to display sum > > > > Thanks in advance!!! > > > > PS: I'm in China and can't use

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Curt
On 2015-09-16, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 16 September 2015 16:26:58 Curt wrote: >> On 2015-09-16, Lars Noodén wrote: >> > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? >> >> That works for me. >> >> I just hit that Greek letter (epsilon?). > > I don't know the actual thing, b

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 16 September 2015 16:26:58 Curt wrote: > On 2015-09-16, Lars Noodén wrote: > > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? > > That works for me. > > I just hit that Greek letter (epsilon?). I don't know the actual thing, but it is much more likely to be upper case s

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Curt
On 2015-09-16, Lars Noodén wrote: >> > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? > That works for me. I just hit that Greek letter (epsilon?).

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2015-09-16 at 06:02 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > I want sum of a column of values > I enter "SUM(N1:N8)" in cell N9 > but can't get cell N9 to display sum > > Thanks in advance!!! > > PS: I'm in China and can't use google to find answer Hi, See https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Calculating

Re: how to sum a column in openoffice calc

2015-09-16 Thread Lars Noodén
On 09/16/2015 04:02 PM, Li Wei wrote: > I want sum of a column of values > I enter "SUM(N1:N8)" in cell N9 > but can't get cell N9 to display sum > > Thanks in advance!!! > > PS: I'm in China and can't use google to find answer > > Wouldn't that be "=SUM(N1:N8)" instead, with an equal sign? Re