How can I use the formula command to calculate a total in a Microsoft Word 2016 table?

Learn about the math operations a Microsoft Word 2016 table is capable of without having to use Excel.

By Guy Vaccaro
July 6, 2017
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You put a column-row sales table into a Microsoft Word 2016 document and now you want that table to add and display the sales totals — but don’t you have to use Excel (and then copy and paste) to do that? No, says expert Guy Vaccaro. In this video, he shows you how to make a Word 2016 table do the math itself.



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