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Math In Parallel Columns - No Total For Third |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: A customer using Math in parallel columns was not obtaining correct totals. Solutions: This occurred because the user had entered tab settings that spanned the columns. Math calculated correctly after the user entered all tab stops in one column. To obtain satisfactory results with Math used in parallel or newspaper columns, the user should enter all of the desired tab stops within one column. Math cannot be used to calculate numbers going across from column to column. The correct way to use Math in parallel columns is listed below: 1. Define Columns 2. Turn on Columns 3. Turn on Math 4. Type the text for the first column (this may take several lines) 5. Insert a hard page, press Tab, and type the first number 6. Press Enter to move one line down in the same column and continue to type the numbers -- one per line 7. Put a plus sign (+) at the bottom of the columns where the total should be (make sure to put a tab before the + sign) 8. Insert a hard page and do the same thing in column three as column two, then calculate. This will give a correct total at the bottom of all numeric columns. One customer wanted to calculate numbers entered in parallel columns with block protect using the Math feature. Even though numbers were entered in several columns, the user only wanted the last column to calculate. To accomplish this, the user aligned the numbers in the previous columns with Hard Tabs (Home-Tab) instead of decimal align tabs, [DEC TAB]. |
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