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║ THE WORKSHEET ║
╚═══════════════╝
√√√ THE WORK AREA
The working area of the worksheet that you can see at
one time has eight columns.
Each column has been set at 9 spaces wide.
You can change the width from one space to 256 spaces.
This makes possible customizing a worksheet to your needs.
The easiest way to understand 1-2-3 and what is does is by
preparing a small worksheet for weekly expenses.
This will show how items are each put into a
cell (location) so that they can be identified when
you need them for calculations.
√√√ BEFORE YOU BEGIN
To improve the looks of your worksheet make use of centering.
You can center the item you put into a cell by preceding
it with the Caret symbol (^).
√√√ TO CENTER THE CONTENTS OF A CELL
▀ Precede each entry with the
Caret symbol (^) located on key 6.
▀ For example ^Food, ^Gas, ^Toll, etc.
Next page shows how items are entered and used.
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The total for the column of figures will appear in cell C9, marked
Sub-Total.
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C9:
@SUM(C1..C7) WEEKLY■EXPENSES
A B C D E F
════════════════════════════════════■
1║ FOOD 56.67
2║ GAS 21.48
3║ TOLL 4.85
4║ PARKING 8.10
5║ LAUNDRY 11.50
6║ MAPS 1.25
7║ MOVIE 7.50
8║
9║ SUB-TOTAL 111.35 @SUM(C1..C7 (Type in Cell C9).
10║
11║
▀ Food is in the first row and the first column (A1).
▀ Gas is in the second row, and is still in column A. It is
designated as being in A2.
▀ Toll is in cell A3
▀ Parking is in cell A4
▀ Laundry is in cell A5
▀ Maps is in cell A6
▀ Movie is in cell A7
▀ All expense costs are in column C
√√√ HOW THE ITEMS ARE ADDED
Lotus has a very easy way to add all the expenses.
▀ Lotus uses the at (@) sign and the word "SUM"to add columns.
▀ The columns to be added are enclosed in brackets. The whole
thing looks like this:
@SUM(C1..C7)
√√√ WHERE TO PUT THE FORMULA
Looking at the spreadsheet below you will notice that the cell
containing Total is C9. Since we want the Total in C9 you must
have the cursor (Highlight cell, also called Reverse video)
in cell C9.
With this done you can type the formula:
@SUM(C1..C7)
which will appear at the top of the spreadsheet. The formula says
to add all the cells from C1 to C7. Since you have highlighted cell
C9 the results will appear in cell C9.
When formula is complete press the Enter key or the right or down
arrow to execute the command.
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√√√ WEEKLY EXPENSE WITH SALES TAX
Adding sales tax makes use of the Asterisk (*) which is the symbol
used for multiplication. The X sign is not used to signify to multiply.
FORMULA FOR CALCULATING THE TAX
+C9*.06
Since we are not adding columns we don't need the brackets.
Notice that the sum of C9 is multiplied (*) the tax (.06) which is
The same as 111.25 X .06.
Before you do any mathematics it is a good idea to place the cursor
in the cell that will contain the answer. In this case you should
have the cursor in cell C10.
√√√ CALCULATING AND ADDING THE SALES TAX
C10
+C9*.06 WEEKLY EXPENSES
A B C D E F
■══════════════════════════■
1║ FOOD 56.67
2║ GAS 21.48
3║ TOLL 4.85
4║ PARKING 8.10
5║ LAUNDRY 11.50
6║ MAPS 1.25
7║ MOVIE 7.50
8║
9║ SUB-TOTAL 111.35
10║ Tax 6% 6.681 (Type +C9*.06 in cell C10}
11║
12║ TOTAL ......
√√√ ADDING SALES TAX TO SUB-TOTAL
The last step is to add the sales tax to the Sub-Total.
To do this you must highlight cell C12.
(Use GoTo F5 key)
With this done you must now add C9 + C10
to get the total.
It is done like this:
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FORMULA FOR ADDING TAX TO TOTAL
HIghlight Cell C12, then Type:
+C9+C10.
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WEEKLY EXPENSES
=========================================
A B C D E F
==========================================■
1║ FOOD 56.67
2║ GAS 21.48
3║ TOLL 4.85
4║ PARKING 8.10
5║ LAUNDRY 11.50
6║ MAPS 1.25
7║ MOVIE 7.50
8║
9║ SUB-TOTAL 111.35
10║ Tax 6% 6.81
11║
12║ TOTAL 118.031 ( Type +C9+C10 in Cell 12).
13║
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√√√ FORMULAS USED IN SPREADSHEET
Rows 9, 10 and 12 show the formulas used.
Note that they are the Cells that are highlighted
when writing the formulas.
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Move Cursor to Cell C12, then type:
+C9+C10 WEEKLY■EXPENSES
A B C D E F
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1║ FOOD 56.67
2║ GAS 21.48
3║ TOLLS 4.85
4║ PARKING 8.10
5║ LAUNDRY 11.50
6║ MAPS 1.25
7║ MOVIE 7.50
8║
9║ SUB-TOTAL 111.35 @SUM(C1..C7)
10║ Tax 6% 6.81 +C9*.06
11║
12║ TOTAL 118.031 +C9+C10
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