Formula

R

Roger

I have create a table within my word document, the first two columns are
information that is coming over from an access database. what formula is it
that I use in the third column to do the following calculation. a1 minus b1.
(cell one in column a to minus cell one in column b) and the answer in column
c.

thanks
Roger
 
M

macropod

Hi Roger,

The formula is:
=A1-B1
in any cell other than A1 and B1.

To create the formula, press Ctrl-F9 to create a pair of field braces (i.e.
'{ }'), then type your formula between them. When you're done, press F9 to
update the result. you might also want to add a numeric picture switch to
control the formatting - Word's help file has the basic details.

For more information on this and a wide range of other calculation issues in
Word, check out my Word Field Maths 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=365442

Cheers
 
D

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

See http://www.xe.com/ucc/

The rate changes daily. Word is definitely not the best thing to use for
this purpose. Excel maybe a little better.

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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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