Many thanks, Carl - - those are the commands and functions I needed. Apparently dt includes clrsum. Marvellous. XyWrite's marvellous column define feature remains a miracle not yet emulated in any other program, so far as I know. Along with the 3 footnote layers.At 1/10/2011 05:12 AM, you wrote:Reply to note from Bill TroopMon, 10 Jan 2011 03:38:25 +0000 Bill: > I need to (1) define a column of figures (I have the right key > assignment for that), (2) add the defined figures, (3) place > the total at the bottom of the column of figures, and then (4) > clear the stack so I can repeat with another column. Command CLRSUM to clear any existing total. Func SM adds the number under the cursor. Func DT dumps the total at the cursor position. Rinse and repeat. -- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx