You can enter this in the total cell (it becomes text)...
="Total "&SUM(C5:C18)

-or-

Format the total cell as...
"Total "#,##0.00
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Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA




"DeeDeeCee"

wrote in message
This question may by very basic, I don't know.

I'd like to tally a column of cells to arrive at a total. I know how to do
that with the autosum feature. So far, so good.

BUT... because of the layout of my table, I don't have room to put the word
"total" in the cell just to the left, which I would like for quickly
identifying the cell that has the total. Is there a feature where I can
format the cell to include the word "Total:" in it, and then put the numeric
total right after it with the auto-sum feature (so that when entries in the
column change, the total adjusts)?

Thanks in advance. DDC