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Defining formulas that use operators – Apple Pages 2 User Manual

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Chapter 8

Creating Tables

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For example, to refer to nine cells in column A (A2 through A10), you could drag from

cell A2 to cell A10. You can also:

a

Click or type A2.

b

Type a colon.

c

Click or type A10.

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Click the Accept button or press Return or Enter to save the formula.

Operators and Functions for Advanced Table Formula Users

After becoming familiar with the Formula Editor and cell references, you can create a

wide variety of formulas.

The remainder of this chapter fully describes the operators and functions that you can

include in your formulas when you type them in the text field of the Formula Editor.

Defining Formulas That Use Operators

You use operators in formulas when you want to perform arithmetic or comparison

operations:

 A2 + A3. This formula adds the values in two cells of the first column.

 A2 > B6. This formula determines whether the value in cell A2 is larger than the

value in cell B6. If it is, the result is TRUE; otherwise, it is FALSE.

Arithmetic operators perform arithmetic and return numerical results.

This operator

Returns

Example (A2 contains 20 and
B2 contains 2)

+

The sum of two values

A2+B2 returns 22

The difference between two
values

A2–B2 returns 18

*

The product of two values

A2*B2 returns 40