I have the following:

1/1/88 10 9
2/5/88 9 8
TOTAL 19 17

2/1/89 20 18
4/4/89 15 15
TOTAL 35 33

5/5/90 10 8

GRAND TOTAL 64 58

How do I write a formula so that the Grand Total would add all the numbers
EXCEPT the numbers on the lines of the TOTALS?

THANKS

in the cell you need the results
=SUM then hold down the Ctrl and select the cells that you need to sum.

"LoriD" wrote:

I have the following:

1/1/88 10 9
2/5/88 9 8
TOTAL 19 17

2/1/89 20 18
4/4/89 15 15
TOTAL 35 33

5/5/90 10 8

GRAND TOTAL 64 58

How do I write a formula so that the Grand Total would add all the numbers
EXCEPT the numbers on the lines of the TOTALS?

THANKS

Try one of these:

Use the SUBTOTAL function instead of the SUM function for both subtotals and
for the grand total. The SUBTOTAL function ignores other SUBTOTALS.
Example:=SUBTOTAL(9,B1:B10)

The 9 argument tells the subtotal function to ADD. Other arguments indicate
usage of MAX, MIN, AVG, etc)

OR
Use SUMIF.
Example:
=SUMIF(A1:A10,"<TOTAL",B1:B10)

Does that help?

Regards,
Ron


"LoriD" wrote:

I have the following:

1/1/88 10 9
2/5/88 9 8
TOTAL 19 17

2/1/89 20 18
4/4/89 15 15
TOTAL 35 33

5/5/90 10 8

GRAND TOTAL 64 58

How do I write a formula so that the Grand Total would add all the numbers
EXCEPT the numbers on the lines of the TOTALS?

THANKS

Ron - worked perfectly!!!
THANKS

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try one of these:

Use the SUBTOTAL function instead of the SUM function for both subtotals and
for the grand total. The SUBTOTAL function ignores other SUBTOTALS.
Example:=SUBTOTAL(9,B1:B10)

The 9 argument tells the subtotal function to ADD. Other arguments indicate
usage of MAX, MIN, AVG, etc)

OR
Use SUMIF.
Example:
=SUMIF(A1:A10,"<TOTAL",B1:B10)

Does that help?

Regards,
Ron


"LoriD" wrote:

I have the following:

1/1/88 10 9
2/5/88 9 8
TOTAL 19 17

2/1/89 20 18
4/4/89 15 15
TOTAL 35 33

5/5/90 10 8

GRAND TOTAL 64 58

How do I write a formula so that the Grand Total would add all the numbers
EXCEPT the numbers on the lines of the TOTALS?

THANKS