--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Attic/Authoring_Spreadsheet.tex 2016/01/03 04:35:47 1.3
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Attic/Authoring_Spreadsheet.tex 2016/12/28 22:35:09 1.4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
\label{Authoring_Spreadsheet}
-To use a spreadsheet in multiple courses, authors can create spreadsheet XML files in their authoring space. Published spreadsheets can be imported into courses. See \textbf{Loading a Spreadsheet Definition from a Published File} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Loading}). A spreadshet uses the syntax:
+To use a spreadsheet in multiple courses, authors can create spreadsheet XML files in their authoring space. Published spreadsheets can be imported into courses. See \textbf{Loading a Spreadsheet Definition from a Published File} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Loading}). The spreadsheet syntax is illustrated by the following example demonstrating both text and formulas:
\begin{verbatim}
`Available Points:'
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ To use a spreadsheet in multiple courses
&SUM(`Z*')
\end{verbatim}
-See \textbf{Modifying the Spreadsheet} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Editing}) for more information on programming cells. The file must be saved in authoring space with the extension .spreadsheet. Currently, a spreadsheet must be imported into authoring space as a .txt file and then renamed to a .spreadsheet. After it is published with the .spreadsheet extension, it can be imported into a course.
+See \textbf{Modifying the Spreadsheet} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Editing}) for more information on programming cells. Very complex calculations can be performed in the cells. The file must be saved in authoring space with the extension .spreadsheet. Currently, a spreadsheet must be imported into authoring space as a .txt file and then renamed to a .spreadsheet. After it is published with the .spreadsheet extension, it can be imported into a course.