Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Calculating with Tables

Basic tables look tantalizingly like spreadsheets. In fact, a Word table can actually be made to perform a wide variety of calculations. In this section, you'll learn how to use tables as if they were spreadsheets.

Note

If you find that Word's table calculation capabilities are not sufficient for your needs, or if your source data is already stored in an Excel worksheet, see Chapter 29, "Integrating with Microsoft Office," to learn how to embed Excel worksheet data and calculations in your Word documents.

Adding a List of Numbers Using AutoSum

Perhaps the most common calculation you'll want to perform in a table is to add a list of numbers, as shown in Figure 9.39. Word's AutoSum feature makes this extremely easy.

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