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Calculate the Sum

You can calculate the Sum in a table, although it is not as simple as working with a formula in Microsoft Excel.

 

Try This: Calculate the Sum

Enter the sample data: please edit the last column in your sample table and type in the quantity (in numbers) for your fruit and veggie sales.

 

Insert a new, blank row at the bottom of your table. Place your cursor in the last column. Enter the formula here.

 

Go to Table Tools -> Layout.

Select : Formula.

 

What Do You See? Microsoft Word suggests the formula:

=SUM(ABOVE).

 

You can choose which number format is appropriate: general, accounting, and percentage.

 

Table Tools -> Layout -> Formula

 

 

  Microsoft Word 2007 Exam 77-601 Topic: 4. Organizing Content 

  4.3. Modify tables

  4.3.4. Perform calculations in tables