--- ÄÓÃÁÌÃ ÏNSCREEN ÈELP --- BY ÄICK ÓOWA Á SPREADSHEET IS SIMPLY A GRID OF ROWS AND COLUMNS. ÁT THE INTERSECTION OF EACH ROW AND COLUMN IS A ÃÅÌÌ. ÒOW NUMBERS ARE DISPLAYED ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, (EX:Ò01,Ò02...). ÃOLUMN NUMBERS ARE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, (EX: Ã01, Ã02....). ÅACH CELL IS EITHER BLANK OR CONTAINS DATA OF SOME SORT. ÂLANK CELLS ARE IGNORED DURING CALCULATIONS AND ARE NOT SAVED TO DISK. ÄATA STORED IN ONE CELL CAN BE USED TO CALCULATE VALUES FOR ANOTHER CELL. ÒESULTS OF ONE CALCULATION CAN BE USED TO CALCULATE VALUES FOR OTHER CELLS. É CALL THIS FORMULA 'NESTING'. === ÕÓÉÎÇ ÄÓÃÁÌÃ === ÃÅÌÌ ÒÅÆÅÒÅÎÃÅÓ:ÃELLS ARE REFERENCED BY ROW AND COLUMN, USING THE FORM [Ò01Ã13]. ×HEN THE REFERENCE IS TO ANOTHER FORMULA, THE CALCULATED VALUE OF THE OTHER FORMULA IS USED. ÔHESE REFERENCES ARE USED WITHIN MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS JUST LIKE ANY VARIABLE. ÆOR EXAMPLE: 3*[Ò13Ã06]/3.14 ÕSING CELL REFERENCES IS ONE WAY TO COPY DATA FROM ONE CELL TO ANOTHER. ÔHE ÓÕÍ COMMAND SPECIFIES A RANGE OF CELLS TO BE ADDED TOGETHER. ÆOR EXAMPLE: ÓÕÍ[Ò08Ã14-25] OR ÓÕÍ[Ò01-25Ã09] ÉN THE FIRST EXAMPLE WE ARE ADDING ALL THE VALUES (OR CALCULATED VALUES) IN ROW 8 BETWEEN, AND INCLUDING, COLUMNS 14 THROUGH 25. ÓIMILARLY, IN THE SECOND EXAMPLE ROWS 1 THROUGH 25 IN COLUMN 9. ÃOLUMN AND ROW NUMBERS CAN BE IN ANY ORDER, (ROWS BEFORE COLUMNS OR COLUMNS LISTED BEFORE ROWS). 1. ÃELL REFERENCES CANNOT BE MADE TO BLANK OR TEXT CELLS. 2. ÕSE NO SPACES WITHIN THE BRACKETS. 3. ÍAKE SURE EACH CELL REFERENCE IS TO VALUE CELLS OR TO CELLS WHICH CAN BE CALCULATED FIRST. 4. !!!!!!!! IN THE CELL AFTER A CALC- ULATION MEANS THE VALUE CALCULATED IS TOO LENGTHY, (HAS TOO MANY DIGITS), TO FIT IN THE CELL. ÔRY USING THE ÉÎÔ() FUNCTION TO DROP ANY DECIMALS. 5. ÔHE ÓÕÍ COMMAND ÃÁÎÎÏÔ BE INCLUDED WITH ANY OTHER FORMULAS. ÔHE FORM ABOVE MUST BE THE ONLY FORMULA ENTRY IN A CELL. ÃÕÒÓÏÒ ËÅÙÓ:ÃURSOR KEYS ARE USED ONLY TO MOVE THE CURSOR FROM ONE CELL TO ANOTHER. ÃÅÌÌ ÃÏÎÔÅÎÔÓ: ÉF ANY, CELL CONTENTS ARE DISPLAYED BELOW THE FUNCTION KEY MENU AND IN THE CELL ITSELF, (UP TO 8 CHARACTERRS). ÎÏÔÅ:ÆORMULAS ARE DISPLAYED BELOW THE FUNCTION KEY MENU. ÔHE ÃÁÌÃÕÌÁÔÅÄ ÖÁÌÕÅ OF THE FORMULA IS DISPLAYED IN THE CELL. ÆÕÎÃÔÉÏÎ ËÅÙÓ ARE ACTIVE WHENEVER THE FUNCTION KEY MENU IS DISPLAYED AT THE SCREEN BOTTOM. Æ1 ÖALUES: ÆLOATING POINT NUMBER. 8 CHARACTERS MAX INCLUDING DEMIMAL. Æ2 ÆORMULAS: ÓTANDARD ÂÁÓÉÃ SYNTAX. 79 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM. ÃELL REFERENCES ARE PERMITTED. 100 FORMULAS MAX PER SPREADSHEET. Æ5 ÔEXT: 8 CHARACTERS MAXIMUM. Æ7 ÈELP: ÄISPLAYS THIS FILE ON YOUR SCREEN. ÍAKE SURE YOUR SYSTEM DISK IS IN DRIVE 8 FIRST. Æ2 ÌOAD: ×ILL LOAD A PREVIOUSLY SAVED SPREADSHEET FROM DISK. ÙOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR A FILENAME. ÃÁÕÔÉÏÎ: ÃURRENT SHEET WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY THE LOADED FILE. ÌOADED FILES ARE NO CALCULATED. Æ4 ÓAVE: ÓAVES CURRENTLY DISPLAYED SHEET TO DISK FILE. ÙOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A FILENAME. ×ILL NOT OVERWRITE A FILE WITH THE SAME NAME. Æ6 ÐRINT: ÁLLOWS PRINTING TO YOUR PRINTER. Æ8 ÒÅÃÁÌÃ: ÔAKES ENTERED DATA AND FORMULAS, CALCULATES THE RESULTS AND DISPLAYS THEM ON THE SCREEN. ==== ÅÒÒÏÒ ÍÅÓÓÁÇÅÓ ==== ÄÏÓ MSGS: ÓTANDARD DISK ERROR MSGS. ÂÌÁÎË ÏÒ ÔÅØÔ ÃÅÌÌ ÒÅÆÅÒÅÎÃÅ: ÏNE OR MORE OF YOUR CELL REFERENCES CALLS A BLANK CELL OR TEXT CELL. ÎÏ ÒÅÆÅÒÅÎÃÅ ÔÏ ÖÁÌÕÅ ÃÅÌÌ: ÔHIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT ALL CELL REFERENCES ARE TO OTHER FORMULAS, AND NONE TO A VALUE CELL. ÉÎÆÉÎÉÔÅ ÌÏÏÐ: ÏNE FORMULA CALLS ANOTHER FORMULA CELL, WHICH IN TURN CALLS ANOTHER, WHICH EVENTUALLY REFERS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FORMULA CELL. ÃELL REFERENCES HAVE TO END SOMEWHERE. ÔHINK OF CELL REFERENCES AS BRANCHES IN A TREE, SPREADING OUT BUT NEVER CLOSING BACK ON ITSELF. ÎÅÓÔÉÎÇ ÅØÃÅÅÄÓ 20 ÌÅÖÅÌÓ: ÏNE FORMULA CELL CALLS ANOTHER, WHICH IN TURN CALLS ANOTHER, ETC. ÔHIS HEIRARCHY OR BRANCHING IS LIMITED TO 20 LEVELS MAXIMUM. ÔHIS IS AN ARBITRARY LIMIT É SET TO SIMPLIFY THE PROGRAMMING. ÉT SHOULD BE PLENTY. ÓÙÎÔÁØ ÅÒÒÏÒ ÉÎ ÃÅÌÌ: ÔHE SYNTAX OF A FORMULA OR ÓÕÍ COMMAND IS NOT CORRECT. ÔHE OFFENDING CELL IS IDENTIFIED FOR YOU. E