How to insert formulas into text document

Question

Hi all....I am trying to simplify my daily cash outs from my 2 cash registers, debit, credit cash..etc...I have a word document that I use but I am wondering if I can somehow make little cells within the word document to insert values and have it do the calculations for me?  I took a picture of my daily cash out sheet but not sure how to upload it to show what I mean.  Thank you for any input!  Brian

I dont think I have the formulas perfect....I don't know how to use excel that well...I just wanted to upload pic of document I am currently manually filling out.  Thank you!

Answer 1

Additional Inputs over and above whatever JLLatham has provided 

In Word > Insert tab > Table > Excel Spreadsheet.

Now, an Excel spreadsheet will be inserted where you can do whatever you can do in Excel. If you click outside the table, it will look like a normal table. If you once again double click it, it will become an Excel spreadsheet.

You also determine the number of rows and columns to be showed in this table by dragging horizontally and vertically and diagonally when Excel spreadsheet is shown i.e. when you double clicked it. If you drag the middles / corners when in table mode, it will show the same number of cells and reduce their size. But if you drag middles / corners after double clicking the table, you can reduce the number of cells shown.

Answer 2

Excel would probably be more suitable for tracking this information, but we won't focus on that issue.

Here is a page that should help you put formulas into a table in Word:

https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Use-a-formula-in-a-Word-or-Outlook-table-cbd0596e-ea8a-485e-a35d-b2cb2c4f3e27  A web search for a phrase like "put formulas into Word document" should give more help.  I don't recall that I've actually ever done this in Word, so can't offer any practical hints or help about it.  Might be more help in the Word forum.

As for uploading pictures here, as you are writing your post, when you get to the point where you want to insert a picture use the picture icon to permit you to browse to a graphic file and upload it into the posting:

Sometimes it's a bit difficult to add text after inserting a graphic, so what I usually do is enter 2 or 3 blank lines, position the cursor at the start of one of those, then insert it and continue the text from one of the other extra lines that is now below the graphic.