Lets say you have a table something like the following. Note that the old Insert Object method from Word 2003 is not included in modern versions. The process is a little different if youre on a Mac or using Word 2003 or older.
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.
There is a list of formulae you can choose from the many based on the requirement. If you use spaces in your equation like we do in our example below Word may turn your hyphens into dashes which wont work. Depending on the size of your screen you may have to click the Data button first. There are only a handful of formulas you can use but its enough to get totals counts round numbers etc.