The second argument needs to be a text string. Note the quotes...

=SUMIF(A2:F258,"Ebay Payment Received",F2:F258)

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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"cklevine" wrote:


Help ! here is the SUM IF and I'm getting 0
=SUMIF(A2:F258,Ebay Payment Received,F2:F258)
F column is the coll which has the final numbers (deposit amounts) that I
need added up -what am I doing wrong?
thanks
Cklevine


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

In XL hit the F1 key and type SumIf into the question box. It will give you a
description of the function.
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"cklevine" wrote:

I am a very inexperienced user, do not know much about formulas, except to
add them up-
It is a simple spreed sheet downloaded the transactions from the bank , from
a bank account with deposits and withdrawals I just need the deposits
separated so i can add them up


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

Why bother pulling the transactions out? You could use a SumIf or a
SumProduct formula or perhaps a pivot table to aggregate based on your
criterial... Post a few more details and we can help you with that if you
wish.
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Jim Thomlinson


"cklevine" wrote:

Hi, I have a huge spread sheet with the deposits and I need to pull them out
and copy them into another sheet to add them up. the text "payment received"
then the amount, is there anyway I select all of these entries (a years
worth) and copy them into another worksheet? I'm using Office 2003-
thanks a lot
cklevine