Show Me. Microsoft Office Word 2003. See it Done, Do It Yourself

Summing Table Rows and Columns

The fastest way to total the rows or columns of a table is by clicking the AutoSum button on the Tables and Borders toolbar. The disadvantage of using this method is that if you subsequently edit the values in the rows and columns of the table, the sums will not automatically update. You would need to remember to click AutoSum again for each row and column that was updated. To ensure sum totals are automatically calculated anytime the data in a table changes, use the equation functions of Word.

Add the Contents of Rows and Columns

Click the cell in which you want the sum to appear.

Click the Table menu, and then click Formula.

• If the cell you selected is at the bottom of a column of numbers , Microsoft Word proposes the formula =SUM(ABOVE).

• If the cell you selected is at the right end of a row of numbers, Word proposes the formula =SUM(LEFT).

Click OK.