Bug 73595 - add (autogenerated) list of available formula items in help
Summary: add (autogenerated) list of available formula items in help
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version:
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4.1.3.2 release
Hardware: Other All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2014-01-14 08:39 UTC by Christoph Thielecke
Modified: 2014-01-14 14:32 UTC (History)
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Description Christoph Thielecke 2014-01-14 08:39:42 UTC
There should be a help page for the formula editor which displays a (autogenerated) list of current available formula symbols and its syntax.

Example:

Symbol   Syntax           Description
[]*[]    <?> times <?>    Multiplication sign

[]
-        <?> over <?>     Fraction bar
[]

-        overline {<?>}   Complement
[]
Comment 1 sophie 2014-01-14 14:10:24 UTC
Hi, these pages already exist see (taken from the French help)
/  a/b  Division (÷)
*  a*b  Multiplication
To find them, search in the help for Operators;list and the See also at the bottom of the pages. If you want to have more detailled examples, may be the wiki could be a good place. Closing, please reopen if I didn't understand. Sophie
Comment 2 Christoph Thielecke 2014-01-14 14:26:28 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Hi, these pages already exist see (taken from the French help)
> /  a/b  Division (÷)
> *  a*b  Multiplication
> To find them, search in the help for Operators;list and the See also at the
> bottom of the pages. If you want to have more detailled examples, may be the
> wiki could be a good place. Closing, please reopen if I didn't understand.
I found it but its a little bit hard to find, called "Reference tables for formulas" (German: "Referenztabellen für Formeln"). It states there that it as a lot of samples and examples (not all). Its grouped by category. I miss a complete page with all available symbols (auto generated).

It would be nice if on the formula command window (or maybe formula toolbox) is a formula help button (or i icon) which opens on click the full page with available symbols and description.

This list should be also in the wiki (I could not found it there).
Comment 3 sophie 2014-01-14 14:32:52 UTC
So as the wiki is accessible to all, please create the page on the wiki and may be we can enhance the help based on your work on this wiki page. However, I find the breakdown per categories more clear than a full page. Please, follow up on the documentation list, BZ is not the right place for discussions, thanks :) - Sophie