Word Table: how do you set up formula Sub-Total + 5% GST

[amelie]

I am using Word 2003 and have two tables in one sheet.

Table One: How do you set the formula Sub-Total + 5% GST = GST Amount.

Table Two: How do you set the formula subtracting right column to left
column = Amount

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

For the GST Amount in the cell where you want it to be displayed, type

=SUM(ABOVE) * .05

and then select that and press Ctrl+F9, which will enclose it in Field
Delimiters { } as shown below.

{ =SUM(ABOVE) * .05 }

Then press Alt+F9 to toggle off the display of the field codes and press F9
to update the field so that it shows the result.

For Table Two, to subtract the entry in one cell from that in another cell,
say a cell in the second column of the second row of a table and display the
result in the third cell in that row, you would use

{ = A2 - B2 }

in the third cell. You must use Ctrl + F9 to insert the { }. You cannot
type them from the keyboard.

You cannot in Word just copy such a formula down a column however as you can
in Excel.

You might consider as an alternative, using and Excel Spreadsheet into your
document, which will allow you to make use of Excel's capabilities such as
that.

Alternatively, see fellow MVP Macropods tutorial on tutorial on formula
field coding at:

http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=365442




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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com