How to Add Formulas to Tables in Microsoft Outlook

It's not necessary to use Excel for every calculation or table we make. It's simpler than you would seem to add a table with a formula in an email if you're using Microsoft Outlook.

Step 1: Insert a Table in Outlook

If your email already has a table of data set up, you may go to the next stage and enter the formula there. However, you may quickly insert a table if you haven't already done so with a few clicks.

Go to the Insert tab in the email window and choose Table from the drop-down menu. To choose the amount of columns and rows to use, drag across the squares. Then click to insert the table.

As an alternative, you may choose "Insert Table" from that drop-down menu and then provide the table's dimensions as well as the number of rows and columns. To insert the table, click "OK."

Step 2: Incorporate a Formula into a Table Cell

When you are ready to enter the formula and have your table and its contents in your email, click within the cell where the formula should go.

The Layout tab will show up at the window's top. Click "Data" under Layout. Select "Formula" from the drop-down option.

The Formula window will now appear, allowing you to enter your formula.

You could discover that a typical formula is already set up for you by default. You have the acknowledged positional argument in parentheses. Outlook in this instance assumes that we want to SUM all the cells ABOVE.

You may quickly input the formula if this is the one you wish to use by clicking "OK."

To Sum Up

Formulas in tables have many applications in your Outlook emails. You may be emailing a student their final grades, an employee their sales totals, or a client your total number of emails received. Here's how to add a formula or function for your numbers to any table you need to fill out in Outlook.