Sample:
A1 = 3 << Your Variable (months or columns to stretch out to)

B3 = 123
C3 = 456
D3 = 789

formula in cell A3

=SUM(B3:INDIRECT(ADDRESS(3,A1+1,4)))

HTH,




"Nelson B." wrote:

I need some help making some of my reports more automated. What I'm trying
to accomplish is being able to fill in a reference cell for the current
month, and have ranges in varying functions adjust to include the new month.
This way I can enter the new data and not worry about having to go and adjust
every formula to include it. For example, if January's data is in cell C4
and I want to sum the data for January thru August I'd like to be able to
write the formula to SUM(C4:C("current month")). I've tried doing this
various ways, but have been unsuccessful.

Thanks for any suggestions.