One way

=SUM(IF(F16:F21="A",G16:H21,0))

which is an array formula, so commit with Ctrl-Shift-Enter

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"Mark Rucker" <Mark wrote in message
...
In using the SUMIF function in Excel, I wanted to sum values in more than
one
column, but it would only sum the first column.

Desired Function
=SUMIF(F16:F21,"A",G16:H21)

Workaround
=SUMIF(F16:F21,"A",G16:G21)+=SUMIF(F16:F21,"A",H16 :H21)

Mark


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