Karen
You can also do this another way. Perhaps that would work for you. In
the cell in which you want the sum, type "=sum(" without the quotes). Then
highlight the cells you want to sum and hit enter. That way, no box appears
anywhere. Otto
"Karen@Industrialrevolution"
om wrote in message
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Otto,

When I am in a cell and use the @sum button to total a column of numbers,
a
yellow box appears that has SUM(number1,[number2],... This box is right
next
to the cell I am putting the total into. This box is in my way when I am
highlighting the area to sum.

"Otto Moehrbach" wrote:

Karen
Tell us more. What are you doing? In detail. What is happening?
In
detail. For instance, what box? HTH Otto
"Karen@Industrialrevolution"
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This box is in my way when using @sum, but I am unable to find how to
hide
it.

how do you hide SUM(number1,[number2],...