How do I use Excel formulas in Word?

[hotbunz321]

I am working on a billing statement in Word, using the table. I have four
columns. THe last two colums is an hours column (i.e. .25 or .50) and an
amount column. I want the amount column to automatically multiply itself by
the hours column. My problem is, every time I use the formula
"=SUM(LEFT)*350", I get the "Syntax error" message.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Tony Jollans]

=SUM(LEFT)*350 is a valid formula (I just cut and pasted from here to a new
field in a table and it worked) but I don't understand how it relates to the
rest of your description so I don't know what you're doing wrong. How are
you entering the formula?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Don't put the forumla in quotes inside the field. With field codes display,
it should look like this { =SUM(LEFT)*350 }