Calculating the Sum of a Series of Table Cells
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Choose Table - Insert Table, and insert a table with one column and more than one row into a text document.
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Type a number in each cell of the column, but leave the last cell in the column empty.
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Place the cursor in the last cell of the column, and then click the
icon on the .
The appears with the entry "=sum". -
Click in the first cell of the series you want to sum up, drag to the final cell, and then release.
Collabora Office inserts a formula for calculating the sum of the values in the current column. -
Press Enter, or click Apply in the Formula bar.
The sum of the values in the current column is entered in the cell.
If you enter a different number anywhere in the column, the sum is updated as soon as you click in the last column cell.
Similarly, you can also quickly calculate the sum of a row of numbers.