Try INDIRECT

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Thanks for the tip. From your post I got this idea for shortening the
formula:

=SUMPRODUCT(A1:DL5*(MOD(COLUMN(A1:DL5),2)=1))

It works. Thanks again. I now have a next question: If the ranges are not
evenly spaced, they are still in rows 1-5, but in various columns, not
every
two. Is there a way to have an extra table with the column names holding
"sensitive" data and use this?

"Ardus Petus" wrote:

If you have only 5 rows, you can write:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(MOD(COLUMN(A1:K5),2)=1),A1:K1+A2:K2+A3:K3+A4:K4+A 5:K5)

I could not find any shorter

HTH
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I need to sum cells A1:A5, C1:C5, E1:E5 etc, i.e. the first top 5
cells in
every second column. I must sum more than 50 such ranges, so
SUM(A1:A5,
C1:C5, ...) is not an option. Can this be done with formulas?