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Didn’t know it had one?
Well, I also thought it went missing when I started out with MS Word 2007.
Of all the Microsoft Office suite applications, I use MS Word the most.
For keeping tabs on numbers and crunching them though, it’s destination Excel for me.
The second way is of course to use a calculator.
But feeding in the numbers and tapping the keys is so much work.
The Excel way is way easier.
The only effort that’s required is to choose the column of numbers.
In the early days, I used to head towards my neighborly Excel program to do the math.
Though it’s a short journey, copy-pasting is still a job.
It turns out that all this while there’s a Word calculations tool for the job.
Hidden under the layers of customizable commands is theCalculatetool.
The Calculate tool helps a lot when we have to work on a lot of numbers.
It also lets us copy the result to the clipboard and paste it anywhere else.
Here it is"
Working With Calculate
Remember, this changes the parameters across all Windows programs.
So, you’ve got the option to just consider using a multiplier instead.
The latter is more like an elephant gun, when I would rather like to have a mosquito swatter.
Windows also has acalculatorbuilt in and you could copy and paste its results in any Windows program.
But for simple Word calculations in lesser clicks, the Calculate command is way more helpful.
Read some more about the Calculate command and its guidelines in thispostat the unofficial Microsoft Most Valued Professional site.
What do you think about this simple but useful tool forMS Word(Word 2007 and 2003)?
Do you think it helps to reduce the Excel effect?
