Naming a cell

[Candace]

Is there any way to name a cell in a Word table (like you can in Excel)? I
would like to be able to reference the cell by a name rather than by "A1, B2,
or D3"?

 

[Doug Robbins]

Use a bookmark.

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[Candace]

Okay. I just tried the bookmarks but the totals aren't coming out correctly.
I named one bookmark "cell1" and the other "cell2", then in a 3rd cell I
typed the following formula without the quotes "=sum(cell1,cell2)". Then I
placed the number "200" in cell1 and the number 300 in cell2, but the total
the formula gave me was "1000" instead of "500". It seems to be doubling the
figures. Any suggestions?

 

[Luc]

Candace,
Bookmark the number not the whole cell, that seems to work here.
Luc

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Except that this has to be done after the number is entered; otherwise the
number overwrites the bookmark.