Ubuntu – How to refresh formulas in OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc

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I started using LibreOffice and when I had laid out the formulas I pressed F9 like I normally did in Excel and nothing happened.

I couldn't figure out the keyboard shortcut to refresh and neither could I find it in the application menu.

How do I do it?

Best Answer

Simple Recalculation:

Recalculates all changed formulas. If AutoCalculate is enabled, the Recalculate command applies only to formulas like RAND or NOW.

Choose Data - Calculate - Recalculate

F9

Press F9 to recalculate. Press Shift+Ctrl+F9 to recalculate all formulas in the document.

After the document has been recalculated, the display is refreshed. All charts are also refreshed.

The Add-In functions like RANDBETWEEN currently cannot respond to the Recalculate command or F9. Press Shift+Ctrl+F9 to recalculate all formulas, including the Add-In functions.

Source: http://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Recalculate

References to Other Sheets and Referencing URLs or other external data

See source: http://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/References_to_Other_Sheets_and_Referencing_URLs*