this will work if nothing in col c or e
=SUMPRODUCT((A2:A22="special")*B2:F22)

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"birdsting" wrote in message
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while I create a multi column sumif function as this:
=sumif(a:a,"special",or/and(b:b,d:d,f:f)), but it is unable to
function. So, I use the duplicate sumif function like this:
=sumif(a:a,"special",b:b)+sumif(a:a,"special",d:d) +sumif(a:a,"special",f:f).

Please tell me how to simplify it with thanks.


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birdsting