#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int maxn = 1005;
const long long inf = 1ll << 60;
char grid[maxn][maxn];
int ps[maxn][2];
int main() {
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0), cout.tie(0);
  int n, m;
  cin >> n >> m;
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
      cin >> grid[i][j];
      if (grid[i][j] == '*') {
        ps[i][1]++;
        ps[j][0]++;
      }
    }
  long long re = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) {
      if (grid[i][j] == '*') {
        re += (ps[i][1] - 1) * (ps[j][0] - 1);
      }
    }
  cout << re << '\n';
}
