formula fields

[dennis visentin]

How can I automatically have WORD sum a column of numbers
that are not included in a table?
An example would be as follows:

My word document would include:

10 20 30
40 50 60
50 70 90 TOTALS

Note the bottom row automatically summed the prior two
rows.

I know that this can be done using tables, but
unfortunately I cannot use a table in my application.

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Thanks

 

[Greg Maxey]

Dennis,

Could you not use a table that didn't have any borderlines? Who would know
the difference?

Otherwise, I think you would have to bookmark each individual value and then
sum use a formula field to tally the values. For example, bookmark 10 and
name it a, bookmark 40 and name it b then use { = sum(a,b)}

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ToolsCalculate.htm and note that you
can select a column by pressing Alt while dragging with the mouse.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Greg Maxey]

Suzanne,

How will using Tools Calculate automate his calculation?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It won't, but it's the only way I know of to sum figures that aren't in
tables.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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