On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:47 PM Quiliro Ordóñez <quiliro@riseup.net> wrote:

> El 2022-05-18 21:13, Jun Inoue escribió:
>
> > 1. How do you apply a column formula?
> >
> > The info manual mentions C-u C-c *, but this doesn't always work.  For
> > example, I have
> >
> > | $ |      |   |
> > |   | 2.80 |   |
> > |   | 5.53 |   |
> > #+TBLFM: $3=$2
> >
> > and typing C-u C-c * inside the table changes nothing.  If I remove
> > the $ cell the C-u C-c * does update the whole table, so could it be a
> > bug in the handling of $?
>
> I changed the `$' for `dollars' and it worked for me.  I am a newbie
> too.
>
>
Hi Quiliro!  This $ is actually not a money amount, but it has special
meaning within org-mode spreadsheets.  Have a look at this page:
https://orgmode.org/manual/Advanced-features.html

-- 
Jun Inoue