Is there a way to add figures in a letter as follows (example only)

......text.....
......text.....

Cost of printer $250
Cost of fax machine $300
Total ...... - (Word calculates here)

And have Word calculate the total (macro? shortcut keys, combination of
keys customised for calculation).

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Yappy Box.

Use a borderless table and apply a formula field to sum the amounts.
eg { = B1 + B2 \# "$,0.00"}


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Yappy Box wrote:
Is there a way to add figures in a letter as follows (example only)

.....text.....
.....text.....

Cost of printer $250
Cost of fax machine $300
Total ...... - (Word calculates here)

And have Word calculate the total (macro? shortcut keys, combination
of keys customised for calculation).

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Yappy Box.

See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...567361033.aspx
"Perform calculations in a table".

Yappy Box wrote:

Is there a way to add figures in a letter as follows (example only)

.....text.....
.....text.....

Cost of printer $250
Cost of fax machine $300
Total ...... - (Word calculates here)

And have Word calculate the total (macro? shortcut keys, combination of
keys customised for calculation).

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Yappy Box.

As Graham and g-n-o have said, the easiest way is with a table, but you can
do it with tabbed figures as well. Use Alt+drag to select the column of
figures and Tools | Calculate to add them. The Calculate command displays
the total on the status bar and also places it on the Clipboard so that you
can paste it in. For instructions on adding the Calculate command to the
Tools menu, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/ToolsCalculate.htm

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Words into Type
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"Yappy Box" wrote in message
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Is there a way to add figures in a letter as follows (example only)

.....text.....
.....text.....

Cost of printer $250
Cost of fax machine $300
Total ...... - (Word calculates here)

And have Word calculate the total (macro? shortcut keys, combination of
keys customised for calculation).

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Yappy Box.