I find it best to keep the totals at the top, in row 2 say assuming row 1 is
a heading. The formula for this would then be

=SUM(OFFSET(A3,0,0,COUNTA(A3:A65536),1))

and every time you add a number at the foot of the column, it will add in

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HTH

RP
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"Paul B" wrote in message
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valstraw, this will sum what's in column A, =SUM(A:A) , If this will not
do
what you want post back with more details

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"valstraw" wrote in message
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I would like to create a spread sheet for book keeping purposes at my
church.
I am responsible for counting large sums of money and I would like to
plug
in numbers and get a running total