I put 20 in A1 of Sheet2, "text" in A1 of Sheet3, and 30 in A1 of
Sheet4, and this formula in A1 of Sheet1:

=SUM(Sheet2:Sheet4!A1)

gave me the answer of 50. SUM ignores text entries.

Hope this helps.

Pete


On Jan 13, 3:39*pm, JeffPlax
wrote:
Hello all,
* *I'm using a 3D-reference to *sum* specific cells on multiple sheets. *
Problem is some cells don't have numeric data in them. *Is there a way to
skip non-numeric cells so that I don't get the dreaded #VALUE?

TY
Jeff