Hi Teach,
To see how to do this and a wide range of other calculations in Word, check out my Word Field Maths 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=365442
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
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Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
"Teach" wrote in message ...
I cannot figure out how to use the equation editor for this simple
calculation. I have a word table and wrote the equation =a1 x e1 but had a
syntax error.