The spreadsheet editor Excel is designed to work with tables in the popular Microsoft Office suite of programs, but sometimes it is necessary to insert simple tables into mostly text documents. Most users find it more convenient to create such documents in another application from this package - the word processor Word. Inserting formulas for simple mathematical operations with numbers in table cells is also provided in this application.
Instructions
Step 1
Open Microsoft Word and load into it a text document containing a table, the amount in a column or row of which you want to calculate. If you have not yet created such a table - do it using the corresponding button placed in the "Tables" group of commands on the "Insert" tab of the word processor menu. Select the required number of rows and columns in the drop-down list of this button, providing for one cell for displaying the amount. Format the created table by changing the appearance of the lines, and then fill it with numerical values.
Step 2
Place the cursor in the cell that should contain the sum of the numbers entered in the column or row of the table. Then, in the Type command group, on the Insert tab of the Word menu, click the Quick Blocks button. In the list of commands, select the line "Field" and the word processor will open an additional window.
Step 3
Click the "Formula" button - there are no other buttons in the right field of this window. As a result, another small window will open, where the required text will already be entered in the line under the "Formula" inscription. If you set the cursor to the rightmost cell of the table row, then the text = SUM (LEFT) will be placed there - this function sums up all filled cells to the left of the selected one. If the cursor is positioned in the bottom cell of the column, then the ABOVE operator will be specified in this function instead of the LEFT operator. You can edit this value yourself if Word made a mistake filling in this field.
Step 4
Select the desired formatting option from the drop-down list under the "Number Format" text if it should be different from the one used by the default text editor. Then click the "OK" button and Word will calculate the amount and place the result in the cell of the table you specified.
