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00:00 | Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on LibreOffice Calc – Basics of Data Manipulation. |
00:07 | In this tutorial we will learn about: |
00:09 | Introduction to basics of Formula |
00:12 | Sorting by Columns |
00:15 | Basics of Filtering Data |
00:17 | Here we are using GNU/Linux as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4 |
00:27 | Let us begin the tutorial by learning about the basic formulas used in LibreOffice Calc. |
00:33 | Formulas are equations that use numbers and variables to get a result. |
00:39 | In a spreadsheet, the variables are cell locations that hold the data needed for the equation to be completed. |
00:47 | The most basic arithmetic operations which are performed are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. |
00:56 | Let us open our “Personal-Finance-Tracker.ods” file first. |
01:01 | In our “personal finance tracker.ods” file, let us see how to add the cost of all the expenses mentioned under the heading, “Cost”. |
01:13 | We shall give one more heading as “SUM TOTAL” just under “Miscellaneous”. |
01:18 | And we shall click on the cell A8 and give the serial number as “7”. |
01:24 | Now lets click on cell number “C8” where we want to display the total of the costs. |
01:31 | In order to add all the costs, we’ll type“is equal to SUM” and within braces the range of columns to be added,that is,”C3 colon C7”. |
01:43 | Now press “Enter” on the keyboard. |
01:46 | You see that all the items under “Cost” gets added. |
01:50 | Now lets learn how to subtract in Calc. |
01:54 | If we want to subtract the cost of “House Rent” and “ Electricity Bill”, and display it in the cell referenced as A9, simply click on the A9 cell first. |
02:06 | Now in this cell, type “is equal to” and within braces the respective cell references, that is, “C3 minus C4”. |
02:16 | Press the “Enter” key on the keyboard. |
02:19 | We see that the cost in the two cell references get subtracted and the result is displayed in cell number A9. |
02:28 | Lets undo the changes. |
02:31 | Similarly, one can divide and multiply data in different cells. |
02:36 | Another basic operation in a spreadsheet is finding the “Average” of numbers. |
02:42 | Let us see how it is implemented. |
02:45 | Lets give the heading as “Average” just below the “SUM TOTAL” cell. |
02:50 | Here we want to display the average of the total cost. |
02:55 | So lets click on the “C9” cell. |
02:58 | Now we type “is equal to” Average and Cost within braces. |
03:03 | Press the “Enter” key on the keyboard. |
03:07 | You see that the average of the “Cost” column gets displayed in the cell. |
03:11 | Lets undo the changes. |
03:14 | Similarly, you can find average of elements in a horizontal row. |
03:19 | We will learn more about formulae and operators in advanced level tutorials. |
03:24 | Let us now learn how to “Sort” data in a Calc spreadsheet. |
03:29 | Sorting arranges the visible cells on the sheet in any desired manner. |
03:34 | In Calc, you can sort the data using upto three criteria, which are then applied one after another. |
03:42 | They are handy when you are searching for a particular item and become even more powerful after you have filtered data. |
03:51 | Lets say, we want to sort the data under the heading “Costs” in the ascending order. |
03:57 | So first, we highlight the cells to be sorted by clicking on the cell “Cost”. |
04:03 | Now holding down the left mouse button, drag it along the column till the end of the cell which says “2000”. |
04:11 | This selects the column which we want to sort. |
04:15 | Now click on the “Data” option in the menu bar and then click on “Sort”. |
04:21 | Next Select “Current Selection” |
04:23 | You see that a dialog box appears with tabs as “Sort criteria” and “Options”. |
04:31 | In the “Sort criteria” tab, select “Cost” in the “Sort by” field. |
04:36 | In order to sort the “Cost” in ascending order, click on the “Ascending” option just next to it. |
04:43 | Now click on the “OK” button. |
04:46 | You see that the column gets sorted in the ascending order. |
04:50 | Similarly, to sort in the descending order, click on “Descending” and then click on the “OK” button. |
04:58 | Let us Undo the changes |
05:01 | Multiple columns can be sorted by first selecting all the columns and then applying the sort options. |
05:09 | Lets say, we want to sort the serial numbers as well as the cost. |
05:13 | So first select these columns as we did earlier. |
05:17 | Now click on the “Data” option in the menu bar and then click on “Sort”. |
05:23 | In the dialog box which appears, first select “Cost” in the “Sort by” field. |
05:29 | Then select “SN” in the “Then by” field. |
05:34 | Click on “ Descending” in both the options near them and then click on the “OK” button. |
05:40 | You see that both the headings get sorted in the descending order. |
05:45 | Lets Undo the changes |
05:48 | Now lets learn how to filter data in LibreOffice Calc. |
05:52 | A filter is a list of conditions that each entry has to meet in order to be displayed. |
05:57 | In order to apply a filter in the spreadsheet, lets click on the cell named “Item”. |
06:05 | Now click on the “Data” option in the menu bar and then click on “Filter”. |
06:12 | Click on the “AutoFilter” option in the pop up menu. |
06:15 | You see that an arrow mark appears on the headings. |
06:19 | Click on the down arrow on the cell named “Item”. |
06:24 | Now suppose if you want to display only the data related to “Electricity Bill”. |
06:29 | So click on the “Electricity Bill” option. |
06:32 | You see that only the data related to “Electricity Bill” is displayed in the sheet. |
06:39 | The rest of the options are filtered out. |
06:43 | In order to view all the data, again click on the downward arrow on the cell named ”Item” and click on “All”. |
06:51 | We see that we are now able to view all the data which we had originally written. |
06:58 | Apart from “AutoFilter”, there are two more filter options namely “Standard Filter” and “Advanced Filter” which we will learn about in the later stages of this series. |
07:10 | This brings us to the end of the Spoken Tutorial on LibreOffice Calc: |
07:15 | To summarize, we learned about: |
07:18 | Introduction to basics of Formula |
07:21 | Sorting by Columns |
07:23 | Basics of Filtering Data |
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