calculating totals in forms

Hi'
I am a complete newbie to forms in microsoft word (1st ever yesterday) I
have created a from with a choice of quantities in one drop-down list and of
prices in another list (each has its own column in a table in a word
document). I have a sub-total column (to the right of these columns) where I
would like the sub-total to be calculated and shown (i.e. quantity x price),
and and total which adds the list of sub-totals and displays this total at
the bottom of that column.

I have no knowledge of macros or vba.

Any suggestions/solutions?
Thanks in advance
Joe

To do that without having to use a macro, assign the bookmark name of
Quantity1 to the quantity dropdown and Price1 to the price dropdown and
check the Calculate on Exit box for each of those formfields. Then where
you want the product of the two to appear, insert the following field
construction

{ = { REF Quantity1 } * { REF Price1 } }

You will need to give a different bookmark name to each pair of quantity and
price dropdown formfields, e.g. Quantity2 and Price2, Quantity3 and Price3

Where you want the Total to appear, insert

{ = SUM(ABOVE) }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { } and Alt+F9
to toggle of their display.

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"Joe Fitzpatrick" <AXRG25 DeleteThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> Hi'
> I am a complete newbie to forms in microsoft word (1st ever yesterday) I
> have created a from with a choice of quantities in one drop-down list and
> of prices in another list (each has its own column in a table in a word
> document). I have a sub-total column (to the right of these columns) where
> I would like the sub-total to be calculated and shown (i.e. quantity x
> price), and and total which adds the list of sub-totals and displays this
> total at the bottom of that column.
>
> I have no knowledge of macros or vba.
>
> Any suggestions/solutions?
> Thanks in advance
> Joe
>