Re: [libreoffice-users] Basic Calc Question

Speaking as an accountant, I'm not sure why you would want the balance 
to show 0.  Nevertheless, what you need is:

=IF(E5=0,0,F4+E5)

And, of course, you want to copy that to each cell in the F column.

Dave Liesse
Skingco Services, LLC




On 4/13/2015 16:16, Barry Premeaux wrote:
> I'm a novice at spreadsheets, and google hasn't turned up an answer.
> Probably because I haven't worded the question properly. I am trying to
> build a general ledger. I have my running balance in the F column and
> transactions in the E column. I am trying to construct a conditional
> statement that takes the running balance in F4 and adds it to the -/+
> transaction in E5 and put the new balance in F5. But when the E5 is $0.00,
> I want F5 to remain $0.00 as well until a new transaction is entered.
>
> Barry


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