The following should do it (at least as far as I understand the problem) -

D: =C3-B3
E: =IF(D3<50,0,C3-D3)
F: =IF(D3<50,0,C3-D3)

A B C D E F
Name Initial fee Amnt received Balance Choir Other
A 50.00 25.00 -25.00 0.00 0.00
B 50.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 50.00
C 50.00 150.00 100.00 50.00 100.00

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"Viviank" wrote in message
...
I am helping the choir teacher set up a spreadsheet for fundraising and fee
info. Here's my problem. She has imposed a $50 choir fee, which some of
the
students have paid (most haven't). She told other students that they
could
fundraise the amount if they haven't paid it. I could figure out how to
set
that up but my problem is that some of the students made partial payments.
In a nutshell I need a formula that will say...Here's my total fundraising
amount (say $100) from this put $X in my choir fee to equal $50 (some
choir
fees might already have the total $50, some might have less than $50, most
have 0), then put the rest in my student account. I had a max/min formula
=MIN(50, I6) and =MAX(0, I6-J6) that would work, except when I got to the
kids who had a partial payment in
the field already. I also want to make sure that if the student paid it
already, that payment doesn't get wiped out by my new formula. Any help
is
appreciated. I'm a novice at this stuff

Vivian K.