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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153899"><bookmark_value>calculating;in text tables</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>tables; performing calculations in</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154250" role="paragraph">You can perform a calculation on cells in one table and display the result in a different table.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150508" role="listitem">Open a text document, insert a table with multiple columns and rows, and then insert another table consisting of one cell.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150528" role="listitem">Enter numbers into some of the cells of the large table.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155532" role="listitem">Place the cursor in the table with the single cell, and then press F2.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155551" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Formula Bar</item>, enter the function that you want to perform, for example, <item type="literal">=SUM</item>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155577" role="listitem">Click in a cell in the larger table that contains a number, press the plus sign (+), and then click in a different cell containing a number.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155598" role="listitem">Press <emph>Enter</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147776" role="note">If you want, you can format the table to behave as normal text. Insert the table into a frame, and then anchor the frame as a character. The frame remains anchored to the adjacent text when you insert or delete text.</paragraph>

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