Click the table cell in which you want to insert a formula. To insert table formulas in Word that add subtract multiply and divide numbers in the table cells you insert formulas into cells where you want to show the answers to the mathematical operations performed by the formulas. If you add new rows or columns of values to a table in Word the formulas youve got in place will not automatically update.
Unfortunately this formula would simply add all the numbers to the left of the cell ie.
If you create the table in Excel and paste it into Word document updates of the table data become difficult because you need to launch embedded Excel for each change. Lets start out by creating a simple test table. Protecting cells in a Word table isnt as easy but it can be done. You can perform calculations and logical comparisons in a table by using formulas.