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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147773" role="paragraph">You can perform calculations that span across more than one table in a text document.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147795" role="listitem">Open a text document, insert two tables, and type numbers in a few cells in both tables.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147815" role="listitem">Place your cursor in an empty cell in one of the tables.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147833" role="listitem">Press F2.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147228" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Formula Bar</item>, enter the function that you want to perform, for example, <item type="literal">=SUM</item>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147254" role="listitem">Click in a cell containing a number, press the plus sign (+), and then click in a different cell containing a number.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147274" role="listitem">Press <emph>Enter</emph>.</paragraph>
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