Abolutely! Well spotted, Roger.
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David Biddulph

"Roger Govier" <roger@technology4unospamdotcodotuk wrote in message
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I think that David meant to also remove the extraneous comma you had
placed in your formula

=SUM(sheet1:Sheet3!D3)
or
=SUM('Sheet1:Sheet52'!D3)
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Regards
Roger Govier

"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
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=SUM(Sheet1:Sheet52!,D3)
or
=SUM('Sheet1:Sheet52'!,D3)
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David Biddulph

"Stephen White" wrote in message
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Is there a function that will add the values of the same cell in several
worksheets?

Suppose I have 52 worskheets (one for each week in the year) and I want
to add the values in cell D3 on each and place the result in another
worksheet, is there a function that will save me having to type

='Sheet1'!D3+'Sheet2'!D3+'Sheet3'!D3+'Sheet4'!D3+' Sheet5'!D3+'Sheet6'!D3+'Sheet7'!D3
and so on?

I tried =SUM('Sheet1'!D3:'Sheet52'!D3) but it looks as though the result
is the sum of a block of cells spanning the 52 sheets.

What I am after is something like =SUM('Sheet1'!:'Sheet52'!,D3).

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Stephen White )