Gnumeric's user manual

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction.
1.1.
1.1.1. The Worksheet
1.2. The Menu bar
1.3. The Toolbar
1.4. Other worksheet areas.
1.4.1. Data entry area.
1.4.2. The Cell area
1.4.3. The Info Area
2. Entering data.
2.1. Strings and numbers
2.1.1. Dates and Numbers
2.1.2. Editing of cells.
2.1.3. Editing commands
2.2. Formulas
2.2.1. Syntax
2.2.2. Using Functions
2.2.3. Names
2.2.4. Array Formulas
2.3. Cell Referencing
2.3.1. Absolute cell referencing
2.3.2. Referencing multiple cells
2.3.3. Referencing cells on other sheets
2.4. Selecting Cells While Entering Formulas.
2.4.1. Entering data into a formula with the mouse
2.4.2. Entering data into a formula with the keyboard.
2.5. Editing cells using the selection
2.5.1. Simple Selections
2.5.2. Selecting multiple cells
2.5.3. Discontinuous selections
2.5.4. Keyboard Shortcuts
2.5.5. Filling a region with the same text or value.
3. Copying and Moving.
3.1.
3.1.1. Using the mouse to drag the selection
3.1.2. Right Click Options
3.1.3. Move and copy right click menu options
4. Autofill.
4.1. AutoFill
4.1.1. Filling with Dates
4.1.2. String And Number autofill
4.1.3. Formula autofill
4.1.4. Automagic autofill
4.1.5. Other Notes on autofill
5. Cell Formatting
5.1. Cell Formatting
5.1.1. The Format Dialog
5.1.2. Changing the Font or Font Color
5.1.3. Changing the cell's Background Colors and Patterns
5.1.4. Cell content justification and alignment
5.1.5. Cell Formatting options on the buttonbar.
5.2. Number formatting overview
5.3. Date and Time formatting
6. Working with files.
6.1.
6.1.1. Saving files
6.1.2. File format
6.2. AutoSave Tool
7. Printing
7.1. Printing to a Printer or a File.
7.2. Print Setup.
7.2.1. Print Setup Dialog - Page
7.2.2. Print Setup Dialog - Margins
7.2.3. Print Setup Dialog - Headers and Footers
7.2.4. Print Setup Dialog - Page
7.3. Print Preview.
7.3.1. Menu Bar
7.3.2. Toolbar
8. Solver
8.1. Solver
8.1.1. Introduction to Linear Programming
8.1.2. Spreadsheet Modeling
8.1.3. Integer Programming
9. Data analysis tools
9.1. An Overview
9.2. Analysis of Variance
9.2.1. Anova: Single Factor Tool
9.2.2. Anova: Two-Factor With Replication Tool
9.2.3. Anova: Two-Factor Without Replication Tool
9.3. Correlation Tool
9.4. Covariance Tool
9.5. Descriptive Statistics Tool
9.6. F-Test:Two-Sample for Variances Tool
9.7. Moving Average Tool
9.8. Random Number Generation Tool
9.8.1. Random Distributions
9.9. Rank and Percentile Tool
9.10. Regression Tool
9.11. Sampling Tool
9.12. Comparing Means of 2 Populations
9.12.1. t-Test: Paired Two Sample for Means Tool
9.12.2. t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Equal Variances Tool
9.12.3. t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Unequal Variances Tool
9.12.4. z-Test: Two Samples for Means Tool
10. Tutorials
11. Drawing on a worksheet
12. Authors
12.1. Authors
13. License
13.1. License
14. Gnumeric Function Reference
14.1. Reference
ABS -- 
ACCRINT -- 
ACCRINTM -- 
ACOS -- 
ACOSH -- 
ADDRESS -- 
AMORDEGRC -- 
AMORLINC -- 
AND -- 
ASIN -- 
ASINH -- 
ATAN -- 
ATAN2 -- 
ATANH -- 
AVEDEV -- 
AVERAGE -- 
AVERAGEA -- 
BESSELI -- 
BESSELJ -- 
BESSELK -- 
BESSELY -- 
BETADIST -- 
BETAINV -- 
BIN2DEC -- 
BIN2HEX -- 
BIN2OCT -- 
BINOMDIST -- 
CEIL -- 
CEILING -- 
CELL -- 
CHAR -- 
CHIDIST -- 
CHIINV -- 
CHITEST -- 
CHOOSE -- 
CLEAN -- 
CODE -- 
COLUMN -- 
COLUMNS -- 
COMBIN -- 
COMPLEX -- 
CONCATENATE -- 
CONFIDENCE -- 
CONVERT -- 
CORREL -- 
COS -- 
COSH -- 
COUNT -- 
COUNTA -- 
COUNTBLANK -- 
COUNTIF -- 
COUPDAYBS -- 
COUPDAYS -- 
COUPDAYSNC -- 
COUPNCD -- 
COUPNUM -- 
COUPPCD -- 
COVAR -- 
CRITBINOM -- 
CUMIPMT -- 
CUMPRINC -- 
DATE -- 
DATEDIF -- 
DATEVALUE -- 
DAVERAGE -- 
DAY -- 
DAYS360 -- 
DB -- 
DCOUNT -- 
DCOUNTA -- 
DDB -- 
DEC2BIN -- 
DEC2HEX -- 
DEC2OCT -- 
DEGREES -- 
DELTA -- 
DEVSQ -- 
DGET -- 
DISC -- 
DMAX -- 
DMIN -- 
DOLLAR -- 
DOLLARDE -- 
DOLLARFR -- 
DPRODUCT -- 
DSTDEV -- 
DSTDEVP -- 
DSUM -- 
DURATION -- 
DVAR -- 
DVARP -- 
EDATE -- 
EFFECT -- 
EOMONTH -- 
ERF -- 
ERFC -- 
ERROR -- 
ERROR.TYPE -- 
EURO -- 
EVEN -- 
EXACT -- 
EXP -- 
EXPONDIST -- 
EXPRESSION -- 
FACT -- 
FACTDOUBLE -- 
FALSE -- 
FDIST -- 
FIND -- 
FINV -- 
FISHER -- 
FISHERINV -- 
FIXED -- 
FLOOR -- 
FORECAST -- 
FREQUENCY -- 
FTEST -- 
FV -- 
FVSCHEDULE -- 
G_PRODUCT -- 
GAMMADIST -- 
GAMMAINV -- 
GAMMALN -- 
GCD -- 
GEOMEAN -- 
GESTEP -- 
GETPIVOTDATA -- 
GNUMERIC_VERSION -- 
GROWTH -- 
HARMEAN -- 
HEX2BIN -- 
HEX2DEC -- 
HEX2OCT -- 
HLOOKUP -- 
HOUR -- 
HYPERLINK -- 
HYPGEOMDIST -- 
IF -- 
IMABS -- 
IMAGINARY -- 
IMARGUMENT -- 
IMCONJUGATE -- 
IMCOS -- 
IMDIV -- 
IMEXP -- 
IMLN -- 
IMLOG10 -- 
IMLOG2 -- 
IMPOWER -- 
IMPRODUCT -- 
IMREAL -- 
IMSIN -- 
IMSQRT -- 
IMSUB -- 
IMSUM -- 
IMTAN -- 
INDEX -- 
INDIRECT -- 
INFO -- 
INT -- 
INTERCEPT -- 
INTRATE -- 
IPMT -- 
IRR -- 
ISBLANK -- 
ISERR -- 
ISERROR -- 
ISEVEN -- 
ISLOGICAL -- 
ISNA -- 
ISNONTEXT -- 
ISNUMBER -- 
ISODD -- 
ISPMT -- 
ISREF -- 
ISTEXT -- 
KURT -- 
KURTP -- 
LARGE -- 
LCM -- 
LEFT -- 
LEN -- 
LINEST -- 
LN -- 
LOG -- 
LOG10 -- 
LOG2 -- 
LOGEST -- 
LOGINV -- 
LOGNORMDIST -- 
LOOKUP -- 
LOWER -- 
MATCH -- 
MAX -- 
MAXA -- 
MDETERM -- 
MDURATION -- 
MEDIAN -- 
MID -- 
MIN -- 
MINA -- 
MINUTE -- 
MINVERSE -- 
MIRR -- 
MMULT -- 
MOD -- 
MODE -- 
MONTH -- 
MROUND -- 
MULTINOMIAL -- 
N -- 
NA -- 
NEGBINOMDIST -- 
NETWORKDAYS -- 
NOMINAL -- 
NORMDIST -- 
NORMINV -- 
NORMSDIST -- 
NORMSINV -- 
NOT -- 
NOW -- 
NPER -- 
NPV -- 
OCT2BIN -- 
OCT2DEC -- 
OCT2HEX -- 
ODD -- 
ODDFPRICE -- 
ODDFYIELD -- 
ODDLPRICE -- 
ODDLYIELD -- 
OFFSET -- 
OR -- 
PEARSON -- 
PERCENTILE -- 
PERCENTRANK -- 
PERMUT -- 
PI -- 
PMT -- 
POISSON -- 
POWER -- 
PPMT -- 
PRICE -- 
PRICEDISC -- 
PRICEMAT -- 
PROB -- 
PRODUCT -- 
PROPER -- 
PV -- 
QUARTILE -- 
QUOTIENT -- 
RADIANS -- 
RAND -- 
RandBernoulli -- 
RANDBETWEEN -- 
RandBinom -- 
RandExp -- 
RANDNEGBINOM -- 
RandPoisson -- 
RANK -- 
RATE -- 
RECEIVED -- 
REPLACE -- 
REPT -- 
RIGHT -- 
ROMAN -- 
ROUND -- 
ROUNDDOWN -- 
ROUNDUP -- 
ROW -- 
ROWS -- 
RSQ -- 
SEARCH -- 
SECOND -- 
SELECTION -- 
SERIESSUM -- 
SIGN -- 
SIN -- 
SINH -- 
SKEW -- 
SKEWP -- 
SLN -- 
SLOPE -- 
SMALL -- 
SQRT -- 
SQRTPI -- 
STANDARDIZE -- 
STDEV -- 
STDEVA -- 
STDEVP -- 
STDEVPA -- 
STEYX -- 
SUBSTITUTE -- 
SUBTOTAL -- 
SUM -- 
SUMA -- 
SUMIF -- 
SUMPRODUCT -- 
SUMSQ -- 
SUMX2MY2 -- 
SUMX2PY2 -- 
SUMXMY2 -- 
SYD -- 
T -- 
TAN -- 
TANH -- 
TBILLEQ -- 
TBILLPRICE -- 
TBILLYIELD -- 
TDIST -- 
TEXT -- 
TIME -- 
TIMEVALUE -- 
TINV -- 
TODAY -- 
TRANSPOSE -- 
TREND -- 
TRIM -- 
TRIMMEAN -- 
TRUE -- 
TRUNC -- 
TTEST -- 
TYPE -- 
UPPER -- 
VALUE -- 
VAR -- 
VARA -- 
VARP -- 
VARPA -- 
VDB -- 
VLOOKUP -- 
WEEKDAY -- 
WEIBULL -- 
WORKDAY -- 
XIRR -- 
XNPV -- 
YEAR -- 
YIELD -- 
YIELDDISC -- 
YIELDMAT -- 
ZTEST -- 
List of Figures
1-1. A example of the entire worksheet.
1-2. The toolbar
1-3. The Data Entry area.
1-4. The Current Cell Indicator.
1-5. The column labels at the top of the worksheet.
1-6. The row labels at the left side of the worksheet.
1-7. The info area.
1-8. The running calculation area.
2-1. Entering strings and numbers.
2-2. The highlighted selection
2-3. An Active cell.
2-4. The active cell with the cursor.
2-5. A multi-cell selection
2-6. Multiple cells being selected with the cursor.
2-7. A discontinuous selection of cells.
2-8. An entire row being selected.
2-9. An entire column being selected.
2-10. The entire worksheet being selected.
2-11. A selection of several cells.
2-12. A selection of several cells, filled with the same values.
3-1. The option menu for dragging a cell with right click
4-1. A cell with the seed for an autofill.
4-2. A set of cells being autofilled
4-3. A seed cell for a date autofill.
4-4. A set of cells being filled with a sequence.
4-5. A cell with a date in it, ready to be the seed for a fill.
4-6. A set of cells being filled.
4-7. A range of cells autofilled with the months.
4-8. Some simple autofill examples.
4-9. Formula to be autofilled.
4-10. Formula autofilled to several cells.
5-1. The main number formatting dialog.
5-2. The Font selection dialog
5-3. The cell color dialog.
5-4. Example of text justification.
5-5. The cell justification dialog.
5-6. Example of justification quick buttons.
7-1. Print Dialog
7-2. Print Setup Dialog - Page
7-3. Print Setup Dialog - Margins
7-4. Print Dialog
7-5. Print Setup Dialog - Page
7-6. Print Preview Dialog
8-1. Linear programming example
8-2. The empty Solver dialog.
8-3. Add constraint dialog.
8-4. The solver dialog
8-5. The Solver results dialog
9-1. The Data Analysis Tools
9-2. The common output options of the data analysis tools.
9-3. Specifying Ranges.
9-4. The Correlation Tool Dialog.
9-5. The Data
9-6. The Completed Dialog
9-7. The Result
9-8. The Descriptive Statistics Tool Dialog.
9-9. The Descriptive Statistics Tool Dialog.
9-10. The Rank and Percentile Tool Dialog.
List of Examples
2-1. Examples of standard operators
2-2. Basic Function syntax
2-3. Some examples of function syntax
2-4. Examples of name usage
2-5. Entering an Array Formula
2-6. Some examples of function syntax
2-7. Absolute cell referencing examples
2-8. Some examples of function syntax
2-9. Referencing blocks of cells
2-10. Referencing blocks of cells
2-11. Referencing values in other sheets
5-1. Number Format Categories
5-2. Some examples of number formatting
5-3. Date and Time Formatting.
9-1. Using The Correlation Tool