Did you type this in the Table | Formula dialog? Or did you insert it as a
field, after pressing Ctrl+F9?

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"Kurt" wrote in message
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This didn't work for me. It just put in the character string =sum(C2,C8)
but
didn't add the values.

"challa prabhu" wrote:

Yes. You can use =sum(above).

If you want to sum different cells in a column, then you have to treat
the
table similar to excel column heading. For example, if I have three
columns
and three rows, Then I will assume similar to excel and type :
=sum(A1,C3).
This will give you sum total of cell A1+C3. You tables in Word is
similar to
Excel column heading.

Challa Prabhu

"alexm" wrote:

Is there an autosum feature in Word 2007, similar to the "sigma" in
Word 2003?