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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156366" role="paragraph">If your text already contains a formula, for example "12+24*2", $[officename] can calculate, and then paste the result of the formula in your document, without using the <emph>Formula Bar</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154250" role="listitem">Select the formula in the text. The formula can only contain numbers and operators and cannot contain spaces.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155496" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Tools - Calculate</emph>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Plus Sign (+).</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5172582" role="listitem">Place the cursor where you want to insert the result of the formula, and then choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Paste</item>, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+V.<br/>The selected formula is replaced by the result.</paragraph>
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