Installing formula for entire Column

Im putting together a wholesale business and want to format a column so that when I enter a price in column D column E automatically calculates and additional 15% for Freight. So As I proceed down each row with additional items when I enter the price of each item in Column D the landed cost of the good(with the additional 15%) automatically appears in column E... I know how to format each cell individually but want to format all the cells in the column at the same time.

muleneck,
You said you wanted to calculate a new price including freight when you entered a basic price. So suppose you are entering this basic price in B3. Then your new price in, say, C3 would be:
=IF(B3="","",1.15*B3). This says, if there is no price value in B3, leave the cell (C3) blank. But if the price cell has a value, find the new price by adding 15% (.15) to that price or 1.15 times the original price. This lets you add rows not yet in use without seeing results of the calculation. But it's there when you enter a price.
pw
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