Word 5.1's "Calculate" command in Word X or 2004?

[bkazez]

I'm trying to find a replacement for the "Calculate" command that was
in Word 5.1. You could select a list of numbers (either in a table or
not), choose Calculate from a menu, and then it would put the sum on
the clipboard. Furthermore, you could type an arithmetic expression
such as "2*3/4", choose Calculate, and it would compute the answer and
put it on the clipboard. This was essential to the way I worked, and I
haven't been able to find such a streamlined way of doing this in
modern versions of Word. Does anyone know how to do this in Word X or
2004?

Thanks.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello [whoever],

The capability is available in Word 2001 and Word 2004 (therefore probably
Word X, but I skipped that version) from a "Tools Calculate" command.

As in Word 5.1, it evaluates selected numbers as a mathematical expression
and displays the result in the status bar (and the result is also in the
clipboard, ready to be pasted where you want). You can select numbers by
Option-dragging as well as by selecting paragraphs, cells or lines.

The command is available via Tools menu -> Customize -> Commands tab [make
sure "Normal" is in the "Appears in" pop-down window at bottom left] ->
click on Tools in "Categories" scroll-box -> scroll to bottom of "Commands"
scroll-box (because the items are not in alphabetical order) -> click on
Tools Calculate -> drag to desired toolbar. For notes on adding a button to
a toolbar, see page 46 of some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac,
titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from
the Word MVPs' website (http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Bend/BendWord.htm).

I allocated the same keyboard shortcut as in Word 5.1 ­ Command [equal
sign].

A useful article on Tools Calculate is at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/General/ToolsCalculate.htm (if you use Safari, you
will need to hit the circle-arrow (refresh) button a couple of times).


Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[bkazez]

Thanks so much! That's awesome. Great to have it back again.

Ben

 

[Clive Huggan]

Great to know that tiny snippet of information has had some use at last!
Thanks Ben!

Clive Huggan
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