Word 2000 Table Count Contents Of Cells

I have word table and in each cell I have the user insert the letter "X"
to indicate 'yes'. I want to keep track of the number of "x"'s the user
places in each cell.

For example,

TV X
DVD
VCR X

TOTAL 2

How would I accomplish this?


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It would be a lot easier to count cells with Xs if they were in a
separate column. Otherwise, a macro would have to test every cell to
see whether the last two characters were a space followed by an X (so
as to to pick up any entries ending in X (eg BOX)

Easier still would be to use a column in which the user entered a 1 or
a 0, the just sum the column with a Word field (eg press Ctrl-F9 and
type =SUM(ABOVE) between the braces, then press F9 to update). This
would avoid the need for a macro and could be automated if you set it
up as a series of formfields with the 'calculate on exit' property set.
Word fields can't count text entries.

Cheers


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