Tag Archives: SUM

A trick to SUM visible columns only (without VBA)

Posted on August 29, 2015 by MF

We know that SUBTOTAL allows us to perform some basics functions like SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, etc.  that apply to visible rows only.  However, there is no similar function for visible columns only. If we need to SUM visible columns only, we will need … Continue reading →

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Sum a range of number end with “k”

Posted on April 11, 2015 by MF

Does it sound familiar to you? If you are having this kind of issue all the time, you may want to continue reading this as I am going to show you three different approaches to fix the problem. Non-Formula approach Formula … Continue reading →

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SUM vs. SUBTOTAL

Posted on March 26, 2014 by MF

How to SUM a range but ignores SUM result in between?, i.e. How to get a Grand Total with SubTotals in between? How to SUM but ignores hidden cells or filtered cells? SUM could be the most popular function used in … Continue reading →

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SUM ignoring errors in the range

Posted on March 22, 2014 by MF

Different ways in getting sum of a range with “Error” Thanks to the comments made by a friend, I would like to share a few workarounds to ignore errors with SUM. 1) Use a helper column This would be an … Continue reading →

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Excel Basic – Sum vs. “+”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by MF

+ – x / would be the four basic operators you learned in Excel basic.  When you learned to use SUM instead of +, did you ask yourself or your teacher why? 1) SUM is much easier to input and … Continue reading →

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