In Word 2000, I could highlight a column of numbers, click on an icon, and could get the total of the column. I don't remember how the icon was constructed, but I'm quite sure it didn't involve Excel. In Word 2003 I don't seem to be able to do that. It's been suggested that I do the addition in Excel, then copy it in to my Word doc. That's much more cumbersome than I'm used to. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanks.

Use a calculator, or try posting this in the Office Software forum, where it belongs. Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.

Sci-Guy - This kind of answer is not helpful, as you well know. You and I have been helping others on computing.net for years, and you know as well as I that posting this in the software forum will not be helpful. As of now, the first page of posts in that forum date back to well before Christmas of 2005. I must confess I have visited this forum a lot less than I used to, and you will notice that a lot of the old names have pretty much dropped out, for a variety of reasons. I could name 10 or 12 off the top of my head. This kind of unhelpful response is one of the reasons. I belong to another active forum that has nothing to do with computers, but rather with birds, of all things. Everyone on that forum goes to great lengths to help the other members, and their spelling, grammar, etc. are impeccable, even usually from those for whom English is not a native language. That forum is a joy to work with. This one can be too...again.

Right-click on your word toolbar (at the top) and select 'customize'. Select the 'Commands' tab>'Table' and finally drag the 'Autosum' button to your toolbar. Im using Word 2003, but Im sure you can do the same with Word 2000. Rich Gu P4 3.2 / 1 GB PC3200 Intel MOBO self built

See the image here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/rgutier2/wordcustomize.jpg Rich Gu P4 3.2 / 1 GB PC3200 Intel MOBO self built

Sorry, salgolf. I was just in one of those moods when I replied. I must admit that I never look at the Office Software forum, so I was unaware that help is scarce there. I tried the solution posted above by RichGu (I'm using Word XP) and can confirm that it works. However, you don't highlight the column as you did in Word 2000. You need to have a blank row at the bottom of the table, with your cursor in the appropriate cell (same column as you're wanting to total). Clicking the autosum icon will place the sum of the cells above into that cell. It works also with rows, with your cursor in an empty cell at the end of the row. Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.

don't know how to do it in word .. i do format cells and columns in EXCEL tho best of luck Frank :