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Friday, September 16, 2011
How to Use the Product Function in Word 2007
1. Run Microsoft Word 2007 and open the document that contains your data table.
2. Click the data table to activate it. Doing so will reveal the 'Table Tools' tab in the ribbon at the top of the program Window.
3. Click the 'Design' tab under 'Table Tools' and check the box next to 'Total Row' on the left side of the menu. This will insert a row at the end of your table that you can use to calculate the desired product.
4. Click the cell that you want to add the product formula to.
5. Click the 'Layout' tab under 'Table Tools' and click the 'Formula' button. Doing so will open a formula dialog box.
6. Type the following in the formula box: =PRODUCT( A1,A2)Substitute the cell address of the cells that you want to multiply together in place of 'A1' and 'A2.' You can calculate the product of more cells by typing in additional cell addresses with each cell address separated by a comma.