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Putting a Snippet of Text in a Cell
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 |
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You can enter this in the total cell (it becomes text)... ="Total "&SUM(C5:C18) -or- Format the total cell as... "Total "#,##0.00 -- 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 |
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Thanks. The first one worked. 2 follow-up questions, if I may:
1. The auto-sum option works pretty well, but though the numbers in the columns have xx.00 in the formatting, the Total only shows as xx. (no decimals)--unless one of the entries had some pennies, in which case it will show up. This is obviously not a deal-breaker, but is there a way to get the ..00 to show up in the auto-sum result as well? 2. The second one didn't work--the "total, the #'s, and the 00's just appeared in the cell. Any advice on what I'm doing wrong, and can you explain what feature/technique this is (to improve my understanding of Excel?). Thanks in any case for the solution. ddc "Jim Cone" wrote: You can enter this in the total cell (it becomes text)... ="Total "&SUM(C5:C18) -or- Format the total cell as... "Total "#,##0.00 -- 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 |
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Q1. Use TEXT to format it, eg:
="Total "&TEXT(SUM(C5:C18),"#,##0.00") Q2. Suppose you have this formula in say D5: =SUM(C5:C18) You can format D5 via FormatCellsCustom then in the "Type"box, enter: "Total "#,##0.00 It'll then display in D5 as: Total 55.00 (for example, assuming the SUM = 55) The underlying value in D5 remains a number (55) so you can easily continue downstream calcs on D5 if needed. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:27,000 Files:200 Subscribers:70 xdemechanik --- "DeeDeeCee" wrote: Thanks. The first one worked. 2 follow-up questions, if I may: 1. The auto-sum option works pretty well, but though the numbers in the columns have xx.00 in the formatting, the Total only shows as xx. (no decimals)--unless one of the entries had some pennies, in which case it will show up. This is obviously not a deal-breaker, but is there a way to get the .00 to show up in the auto-sum result as well? 2. The second one didn't work--the "total, the #'s, and the 00's just appeared in the cell. Any advice on what I'm doing wrong, and can you explain what feature/technique this is (to improve my understanding of Excel?). Thanks in any case for the solution |
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Great! It all works and now I understand how to do it for similar things.
"Max" wrote: Q1. Use TEXT to format it, eg: ="Total "&TEXT(SUM(C5:C18),"#,##0.00") Q2. Suppose you have this formula in say D5: =SUM(C5:C18) You can format D5 via FormatCellsCustom then in the "Type"box, enter: "Total "#,##0.00 It'll then display in D5 as: Total 55.00 (for example, assuming the SUM = 55) The underlying value in D5 remains a number (55) so you can easily continue downstream calcs on D5 if needed. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:27,000 Files:200 Subscribers:70 xdemechanik --- "DeeDeeCee" wrote: Thanks. The first one worked. 2 follow-up questions, if I may: 1. The auto-sum option works pretty well, but though the numbers in the columns have xx.00 in the formatting, the Total only shows as xx. (no decimals)--unless one of the entries had some pennies, in which case it will show up. This is obviously not a deal-breaker, but is there a way to get the .00 to show up in the auto-sum result as well? 2. The second one didn't work--the "total, the #'s, and the 00's just appeared in the cell. Any advice on what I'm doing wrong, and can you explain what feature/technique this is (to improve my understanding of Excel?). Thanks in any case for the solution |
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Welcome, glad to hear
-- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 Downloads:27,000 Files:200 Subscribers:70 xdemechanik --- "DeeDeeCee" wrote in message ... Great! It all works and now I understand how to do it for similar things. |
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