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Old January 6th, 2007, 05:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
alexm
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Is there an autosum feature in Word 2007, similar to the "sigma" in Word 2003?
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Old January 6th, 2007, 06:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Perhaps not as versatile, but from the Tables menu, select Formula. If you
do that in a cell that is immediately below other cells that all contain
values, the default formula that it will want to insert is =Sum(Above)

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Is there an autosum feature in Word 2007, similar to the "sigma" in Word
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Old January 6th, 2007, 07:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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There is actually an AutoSum command in Word (I think it runs the Sum(Above)
formula by default). You can add it to your toolbar, and it has a capital
sigma icon. Find it in the Table commands category in Tools | Customize.

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"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
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Perhaps not as versatile, but from the Tables menu, select Formula. If

you
do that in a cell that is immediately below other cells that all contain
values, the default formula that it will want to insert is =Sum(Above)

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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




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Old January 7th, 2007, 06:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
alexm
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I couldn't find the Sigma command in Word 2007 (it does existi in Word 2003).

I did find the formula function, though. It is in Table Tools, layout. For
me at least, theres a real learning curve in switching from 2003 to 2007!
If I invoke the formula button, it does by default select the =sum(above)
formula. It's more clicks than Word 2003, but it does work.

Thanks to all!



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

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Old January 8th, 2007, 08:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
challa prabhu
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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

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

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Old February 7th, 2007, 04:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Kurt
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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?

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Old February 7th, 2007, 06:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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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?

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Old February 7th, 2007, 07:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Kurt
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I just typed it in the field. I subsequently found an ability to insert it
somewhere in the Table Tools menu, I believe in Layout.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

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

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kurt" wrote in message
...
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?


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Old February 8th, 2007, 05:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Table | Formula allows you to type the contents of the field; if you want to
insert the field manually, you can use Insert | Field, or you can press
Ctrl+F9 to insert the field braces and then type the text between them.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kurt" wrote in message
...
I just typed it in the field. I subsequently found an ability to insert

it
somewhere in the Table Tools menu, I believe in Layout.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you type this in the Table | Formula dialog? Or did you insert it as

a
field, after pressing Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kurt" wrote in message
...
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?



 




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