Comments on: 5 ways to sum a column in Excel

This tutorial shows how to sum a column in Excel 2010-2013. Try out 5 different ways to total columns: find the sum of the selected cells on the Status bar, use AutoSum in Excel to sum all or only filtered cells, employ the SUM function or convert your range to Table for easy calculations. Continue reading →

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  1. if i want get a sum of cells data in a column (if it is in time format like 7:30, 1:45 what is the method please ?

    if i do it normal way it calculates up to 24:00 and total is a wrong figure ?

  2. how to do outstanding amount. example: 1+1+1 total = 3 outstanding 0

    pLease advice

  3. Is there a way to total the sums of only the highlighted cells in a spreadsheet? I accrue my expenses for each of my jobs and then highlight when the expense is received so it would be nice to be able to determine what expenses have been received already.

  4. Hi, Is there any way to change for example =4+4+5+6 to column like
    4
    4
    5
    6

    Regards

    1. Hi Rawa,

      First you need to use the Excel Text to Columns option to get the numbers in separate cells. Then use Paste Special -> Transpose.

  5. Amanda,

    The semi-manual approach to assist manual deletion would be to use Auto Filter or Sort to display sorted lists sorted by column C, then column B (where C is the same) then column A (where the previous two are the same), then column D (where all are the same). This way you get a block of rows with Jane, Smith, Excel Training Basics, Date and can keep the latest date and delete the rest.

    The automated way would be to insert a new Worksheet to show the latest training only, leaving previous training on your existing Worksheet, say "Sheet1". You could then write a Visual Basic macro to copy rows from "Sheet1" into your new sheet, sort them and find the most recent dates of each instance where A, B, and C match up. Recording a macro where you manually invoke the appropriate Copy and Sort will help you see which functions to call to automate it, but it's hardly a beginner's task.

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