Assuming your data is in Row 1, put this formula in I1 and press
Enter.........be sure and type it just as shown, as the leading equal sign
is what tells Excel that the following characters are a formula.

=H1-F1

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"vadarpug" wrote in message
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i am new to using excel. i need to be able to put in pay price in cell F
and
selling price into cell H and get total in cell i. so it would have to
substract cell F from cell H and put total into cell i. how do i do this?
currency only