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Hi

Some time ago I had to write a function that will display filename of current 
Calc workbook. After some Googling and trial and error I came up with this 
monster:

=RIGHT(MID(CELL("FILENAME";A1);2;
FIND("'#";CELL("FILENAME";A1))-2);LEN(MID(CELL("FILENAME";A1);2;
FIND("'#";CELL("FILENAME";A1))-2))-FIND("$$$";SUBSTITUTE(
MID(CELL("FILENAME";A1);2;FIND("'#";CELL("FILENAME";A1))-2);"/";"$$$";
LEN(MID(CELL("FILENAME";A1);2;FIND("'#";CELL("FILENAME";A1))-2)) - 
LEN(SUBSTITUTE(MID(CELL("FILENAME";A1);2;FIND("'#";CELL("FILENAME";A1))-2);"/";"")))))

(Of course it could be shorter if only temporary cells were allowed; you can 
clearly see that much of this function is multiplication of some formula set.)

Since I am beginner of Calc, I had really hard time working on this. That made 
me wonder:
how do I effectively work with long formulas in Calc? What 
tools/extensions/tips are there to ease my work?
How can I keep track of relevant parts of each function, their input and 
output values etc?

How do you guys handle such things?

Thanks in advance for any tips.
-- 
Best regards
Mirosław Zalewski

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