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Quick Commands

You can use the following shortcuts in cells. They can be typed directly in cells.

Copy Commands

Copy commands copy a value or operation to the left, right, above, or below rows and columns in a table. Copy commands perform an action on cells of the same type as the one in which they were entered.

You can combine copy and data entry commands, although you should not use them with the Grow command.

Command

Description

Example

Action

>

Copies right

5>

Copies the number 5 to the right

  

inc6>

Increases the row by 6% for each value to the right

<

Copies left

add15<

Adds 15 to each value in the row to the left

|

Copies down

3|

Copies 3 down the column

  

reset|

Resets the cells down the column to the last saved value

^

Copies up

hold^

Holds the cell values up the column

  

2>^

Copies 2 to the right and up the column

:

Copy stopper

:

Used in conjunction with a copy command to stop another copy command from advancing beyond the cell

Data Entry Commands

Typing a data entry command in a cell performs an action on the cell value. Data entry commands are processed when Enter is pressed.

These commands are not case sensitive.

You can use commands across two dimensions, but not across pages.

Command

Description

Example

Action

K

Enters the cell value in thousands.

5K

Enters 5000

M

Enters the value in millions.

10M

Enters 10,000,000

Add, +

Adds a number to the cell value.

Important: For Contributor for Excel, entering + does not do this. This indicates the start of a formula and overwrites any existing data in the cell.

  

Subtract, Sub

Subtracts a number from the cell value.

Important: A minus sign (-) is not permitted for subtract in the Contributor cells because this indicates a negative number in Contributor.

sub8

Subtracts 8 from the cell value

Multiply, Mul, *

Multiplies the cell value by a number.

mul3

Multiplies the cell value by 3

Percent, per, %

Multiplies the cell value by a number entered as a percentage.

Important: For Contributor for Excel, entering % does not have the same effect. This converts the number to a percentage.

per5

Gives 5% of the original cell value

Increase, Inc

Increases the cell value by a number entered as a percentage.

  

Decrease

Decreases the cell value by a number entered as a percentage.

Important: For Contributor for Excel, entering Dec does not have the same effect. This is converted to a date format.

decrease6

Decreases the cell value by 6%

Power, Pow

Takes the cell value to the number entered as a power.

Pow10

Raises the value to the power of 10

Grow Compound, Grow Linear, GroCom, GroLin, GC, GL

Grows cells by a percentage. Only valid in time dimensions, where each period increases either linearly, or as a compound value.

Important: Insert the numeric value between the Grow and Linear/Compound command, such as Gro10Com, G40L.

G10L

Increases the value by 10 percent of the original value each period.

Divide, Div, /

Divides the cell value by the number entered.

Div1.1

Divides cell value by 1.1

Reset, Res

Resets selected cell values to the last saved version.

  

Zero, Zer

Makes the cell value a zero.

  

Round, Rou

Rounds cells to the appropriate level based on input.

Round100

Rounds all cells to the nearest 100, where 5475 becomes 5500

Hold, Hol

Holds the cell value from breakback calculations.

  

Release, Rel

Releases held cells.