How To Do Simple Calculations In Microsoft Word 2003 & 2007 ?

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. All we have to do is type in the numbers and presto, the calculations are done for us and displayed in the status bar.

This feature is immensely helpful when you are working with a column of numbers as tall as the Eiffel Tower. The only effort that’s required is to select 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 the Calculate tool.

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.Learn more
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