i have a column of prices (ie - $25, $40...) and i want to be able to
acquire only the sum of the numbers that i bold in that paticular
column while keeping the unbolded numbers ignored for the equation
is this at all possible, if so how?
thanks for any help


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There does not appear to be a way to determine if a cell is bolded
using the built-in functions of Excel. However, you can use VBA, see

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm

An alternative to VBA is to use an adjacent column to hold the
indicator of the condition that causes you to bold the prices. Say you
put a 1 in that column and use Conditional formatting, if you need, to
also bold the prices if the adjactent column equals 1. Then you can
easily use SUMPRODUCT to sum those prices that have that condition.

However, this approach will not catch prices that you explicitly bold.
Nevertheless, it might help usability if the reason for bolding were
obvious in an adjacent column with an appropriate header.

HTH

DOR

You could use a UDF

Function SumBold(rng As Range)
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In rng
If IsNumeric(cell.Value) Then
If cell.Font.Bold Then
SumBold = SumBold + cell.Value
End If
End If
Next cell
End Function


Call such as =SumBold(A2:a20)

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i have a column of prices (ie - $25, $40...) and i want to be able to
acquire only the sum of the numbers that i bold in that paticular
column while keeping the unbolded numbers ignored for the equation
is this at all possible, if so how?
thanks for any help


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Note that this doesn't update when you bold/unbold cells.

If you put the line

Application.Volatile

as the second line, it will update whenever any cell in the sheet is
calculated. Or you could hit F9.

In article ,
"Bob Phillips" wrote:

You could use a UDF

Function SumBold(rng As Range)
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In rng
If IsNumeric(cell.Value) Then
If cell.Font.Bold Then
SumBold = SumBold + cell.Value
End If
End If
Next cell
End Function

that's cool - i could make that work

however i am completely unaware of what vba is or how it works. could
someone please explain this to me


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VBA stands for "Visual Basic for Applications". It is a
programming language that can be used to create programs, also called
macros, which can be used to process the data in your spreadsheet and
perform other actions relative to your spreadsheet that you may wish to
automate.

UDF stands for "User Defined Function". You are obviously familiar
with the Excel's built-in functions such as the SUM function.
Sometimes, as in your current problem, the built-in functions may not
do what you want to do. It is possible, using VBA, to develop a new
function that can be invoked from a spreadsheet cell, just as the SUM
function is. You can now put that function in a cell in your worksheet
and it will perform the actions you have coded it to do.

To make this happen, you must store the code of the UDF in a container
called a "module", associated with your workbook. This module is
different from your worksheets. It is accessed through the Visual
Basic Editor (VBE), which is accessed by clicking Alt-F11 with your
spreadsheet open. A description of how to implement UDFs is contained
here

http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/Functions.htm

and in many other sites on the web - just enter "excel user defined
functions" in Google.

After you have stored a function, such as the one provided by Bob,
appropriately modified with JE's modification, in a module, you can
simply enter the formula for that function in a cell, e.g.
=SumBold(A2:A20) and that formula will provide you with the sum of all
the bolded numbers in the range A2:A20, each time the spreadsheet
recalculates.

Note, however, that a value in some cell must change to cause
recalculation unless you invoke it by pressing F9. Merely changing the
font of a number from unbolded to bolded or vice versa will not cause
recalculation, even with JE's modification.

DOR