Insert function
The ability to perform basic calculations is the principal reason for using a spreadsheet. To do that, you can insert a needed formula manually using the common mathematical operators or insert a predefined formula - Function.
To insert a function,
- select a cell you wish to insert a function into,
- click the Insert Function
icon situated at the top toolbar,
or right-click within a selected cell and select the Insert Function option from the menu,
or click the
icon before the formula field,
- select the function you need from the list,
- enter the function arguments either manually or dragging to select a range of cells to be included as an argument.
Here is the list of the available functions grouped by categories:
| Function Category | Description | Functions |
| Date and Time Functions | Are used to correctly display date and time in your spreadsheet. | DATE; DAY; HOUR; MINUTE; MONTH; NOW; SECOND; TIME; TODAY; YEAR |
| Information Functions | Are used to give you the information about the data in the selected cell or a range of cells. | ERROR.TYPE; ISBLANK; ISERR; ISERROR; ISEVEN; ISLOGICAL; ISNA; ISNONTEXT; ISNUMBER; ISODD; ISREF; ISTEXT; N; NA; TYPE | Logical Functions | Are used only to give you a TRUE or FALSE answer. | AND; FALSE; IF; IFERROR; NOT; OR; TRUE |
| Math and Trigonometry Functions | Are used to perform basic math and trigonometry operations such as adding, multiplying, dividing, rounding, etc. | ABS; ACOS; ASIN; ATAN; ATAN2; CEILING; COS; DEGREES; EVEN; EXP; FLOOR; INT; LOG; LOG10; MOD; MROUND; ODD; PI; POWER; PRODUCT; RADIANS; RAND; ROUND; ROUNDDOWN; ROUNDUP; SIGN; SIN; SQRT; SQRTPI; SUM; TAN |
| Statistical Functions | Are used to analyze data: finding the average value, the largest or smallest values in a range of cells. | AVERAGE; COUNT; MAX; MIN |
| Text and Data Functions | Are used to correctly display the text data in your spreadsheet. | CONCATENATE; EXACT; LOWER; REPT; T; UPPER |