<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalc0106030100xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Trace Precedents</title> <filename>/text/scalc/01/06030100.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="trace_precedents"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155628"><bookmark_value>cells; tracing precedents</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>formula cells;tracing precedents</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShowPrecedents" id="bm_id3145673" localize="false"/> <h1 id="hd_id3155628"><link href="text/scalc/01/06030100.xhp">Trace Precedents</link></h1> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153542" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".uno:ShowPrecedents">This function shows the relationship between the current cell containing a formula and the cells used in the formula.</ahelp></paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US">Traces are displayed in the sheet with marking arrows. At the same time, the range of all the cells contained in the formula of the current cell is highlighted with a blue frame.</paragraph> <section id="howtoget"> <embed href="text/scalc/00/00000406.xhp#trace_precedents"/> </section> <paragraph role="note" id="par_id3154321" xml-lang="en-US">This function is based on a principle of layers. For example, if the precedent cell to a formula is already indicated with a tracer arrow, when you repeat this command, the tracer arrows are drawn to the precedent cells of this cell.</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>