Selection.InsertFormula(Object, Object) Method
Definition
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Inserts an = (Formula) field that contains a formula at the selection.
public void InsertFormula (ref object Formula, ref object NumberFormat);
abstract member InsertFormula : obj * obj -> unit
Public Sub InsertFormula (Optional ByRef Formula As Object, Optional ByRef NumberFormat As Object)
Parameters
- Formula
- Object
Optional Object. The mathematical formula you want the = (Formula) field to evaluate. Spreadsheet-type references to table cells are valid. For example, "=SUM(A4:C4)" specifies the first three values in the fourth row.
- NumberFormat
- Object
Optional Object. A format for the result of the = (Formula) field.
Remarks
The formula replaces the selection, if the selection isn't collapsed.
If you're using a spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel, embedding all or part of a worksheet in a document is often easier than using the = (Formula) field in a table.
The Formula
argument is optional only if the selection is in a cell and there's at least one cell that contains a value above or to the left of the cell that contains the insertion point. If the cells above the insertion point contain values, the inserted field is {=SUM(ABOVE)}; if the cells to the left of the insertion point contain values, the inserted field is {=SUM(LEFT)}. If both the cells above the insertion point and the cells to the left of it contain values, Microsoft Word uses the following rules to determine which SUM function to insert: