At 15:11 13/07/2017 -0700, Girvin Herr wrote:
I have a Writer document with about 50 rows in a table. At the
bottom of the table, I want to sum the above column of cells in each
row (a total). Currently, the only way to add a new row or rows to
this sum is to add the cell reference(s) (i.e. |<J47>) to the long
string of cell references to sum. Is this the only way, other than
dragging from the first cell to the last cell?
Dragging is surely not such a bind? If you have the formula =sum
<B1:B50> and you add a fifty-first row of data,
o Put the cursor into the cell containing the total.
o Press F2 to display the Input Line at the top (as you see in using
a spreadsheet). The Formula Text window still displays =sum <B1:B50> .
o Drag across the new range. The Formula Text (also shown in the
total cell) changes to =sum <B1:B51> .
o Either click the green "Apply" tick mark in the Input Line, or
simply press Enter.
I would like to be able to add rows to this table as needed and have
an easy way to add the new cells to the sum. A way of specifying a
range of cells is perfect. As I now do it, the more rows I need to
add, the more tedious and error-prone this process becomes.
This is problematic only if you choose or need to add rows *outside*
the existing range of rows to be summed - before the first row or
after the last row in the existing summed range, that is. This
suggests two further possibilities:
1. Insert your new row of data somewhere else - within the existing
range, that is. (You are given the option to insert new rows Before
instead of After, which may help.) If the order of your data in the
table rows is not significant, this may suffice.
2. Alternatively, if you want to maintain some order and insert your
new data, say, at the end of the existing material, here is a workaround:
o Insert your new row *before* the last row of the existing data - so
that it becomes the new fiftieth row of what are now fifty-one rows.
(The total cell's formula has been automatically modified to =sum <B1:B51> ).
o Select the entire fifty-first row (your original fiftieth row).
o Cut this data and paste it into the new fiftieth row.
o Add your new data to the now empty new fifty-first row.
No need to touch the formula.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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