SUM will ignore text.

=SUM(A1:A12000)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Tacrier" . wrote in message
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I have one column of imported data that contains about 12000 rows of text
and
numbers.

I would like to find out the dollar total of the numbers only, BEFORE i
start formatting the data (text to columns, etc). Because the dollar
total
will be in the the millions I would like to have a reference dollar total
so
that I know if I have made a mistake at anytime i.e. accidentally delete a
row.

Is it possible to find a sum first?

Any help is greatly appreciated :)

Trina