Calculating fields in forms

Help -- I am tryiing to get certain fields in a form to calculate based on selection of other fields. The fields to be selected already have values in them. (The same format I have used for several years, just new set of forms)
I get through the point of setting up the field properties to calculate and I select Sum of... Then it simply will not let me select any fields to use for calculations -- unless I select all fields.
Please -- this is time sensitive and urgent any help responses needed and welcome!

Use the space-bar, or click a bit off to the center of the check-boxes on
the left of the field names in the list.

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