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<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<meta>
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<topic id="textscalcguidescenarioxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Using Scenarios</title>
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<filename>/text/scalc/guide/scenario.xhp</filename>
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</topic>
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<history>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<lastedited date="2004-09-27T11:14:29">UFI: no more Recar, but Fruitgum in the Extras files
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YJ: checked</lastedited>
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</history>
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<body>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149664"><bookmark_value>scenarios; creating</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>opening;sample scenarios</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>selecting;scenarios in Navigator</bookmark_value>
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</bookmark>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="scenario"><link href="text/scalc/guide/scenario.xhp" name="Using Scenarios">Using Scenarios</link>
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</variable></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">$[officename] Calc Scenarios are important aids for making numbers that are dependent upon each other, and their resulting calculations, visible. Scenarios allow you create a list of values to select from for a given cell or group of cells. The contents of these cells change when you select different items from the list.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">Modify specific basic requirements in the table and you will see the new result. You can give a name to the scenario created in this manner and compare it with other scenarios.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="3">Using Ready-Made Scenarios</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">We have provided a ready-made example of scenarios for you to work with.</paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147434" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Choose <emph>File - New - Templates and Documents</emph>, and from the dialog open <emph>Samples</emph>.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146976" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Open the spreadsheet examples.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Now you see the spreadsheet documents that come with the program.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="8">Double-click the document with <emph>scenario</emph> in the name.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145251" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">What you see is a sample spreadsheet in which several scenarios have been created.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148458" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Areas in which the scenarios are located are surrounded by frames. Select the appropriate scenario in the list box appearing at the top of every frame.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Scenarios can also be selected in the Navigator:</paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150752" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Open the Navigator with the <emph>Navigator</emph> icon on the Standard bar.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Click the <emph>Scenarios</emph> icon in the Navigator (the icon with the question and exclamation marks).</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154256" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">In the Navigator, you see the defined scenarios with the comments that were entered when the scenarios were created.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149255" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Creating Your Own Scenarios</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154704" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">To create a scenario, select all the cells that provide the data for the scenario. </paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154020" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Select the cells that are already highlighted by the frame of the existing scenario. You can also select multiple cells distributed across the table. To select multiple cells, hold down the <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><item type="keycode">Command</item>
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</caseinline><defaultinline>
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<item type="keycode">Ctrl</item></defaultinline></switchinline> key as you click each cell. </paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150364" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Choose <emph>Tools - Scenarios</emph>. The <emph>Create Scenario</emph> dialog appears.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3166426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Enter a name for the new scenario and leave the other fields unchanged with their default values. Close the dialog with OK. Your new scenario is automatically activated.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150369" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Change the values in the frames to the values you want to apply to your new scenario.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154368" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">If you want to know which values in the scenario affect other values, choose <emph>Tools - Detective - Trace Dependents</emph>. You will see arrows to the cells that are directly dependent on the current cell.</paragraph>
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<section id="relatedtopics">
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154484" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29"><link href="text/scalc/01/06050000.xhp" name="Creating Scenarios">Creating Scenarios</link></paragraph>
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</section>
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</body>
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</helpdocument>
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