Word Interactive Documents

[Guest]

I am building an interactive doc protected except for the form fields. Is it
possible to set up a table of numeric form fileds which when filled in by the
user will total to a bottomline. Easy in Excel but I need to use Word for
this doc.
Thanks!

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am building an interactive doc protected except for the form fields. Is it
possible to set up a table of numeric form fileds which when filled in by the
user will total to a bottomline. Easy in Excel but I need to use Word for
this doc.
Thanks!

Yes, you can do that.

It's simplest if you put the fields in a real table, one per cell in a
single column. In the Properties dialog of each of the input fields,
check the box for "Calculate on exit".

In the Properties of the total field, uncheck both "Fill-in enabled"
and "Calculate on exit". Set the field type dropdown to "Calculated",
and type the formula

=SUM(ABOVE)

in the Expression box.

If you don't want to use a real table to hold the fields, then the
expression needs to use the names of the input fields, for example

=Text1+Text2+Text3

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Guest]

Jay - it works - a big thank-you! I could not work this out at all!!!