In previous versions of excel you could sum figures without a formula and see
the running tally in the bottom right of the screen. For example:

Column A Column B Column C
20 30 10
25 15 5
12 45 50

If I would select (aka highlight) 20, 15, 12; I would see a running tally of
47. But on my version of 2003 I no longer have that function.

Could someone please tell me how to get that function back? I hate to keep
creating formula for something so basic.

It should just be that your view is not enabled. Go to View on the main
toolbar and "check" Status Bar

"PULIDOC" wrote:

In previous versions of excel you could sum figures without a formula and see
the running tally in the bottom right of the screen. For example:

Column A Column B Column C
20 30 10
25 15 5
12 45 50

If I would select (aka highlight) 20, 15, 12; I would see a running tally of
47. But on my version of 2003 I no longer have that function.

Could someone please tell me how to get that function back? I hate to keep
creating formula for something so basic.

Also, if you do have "Status Bar" selected, try right-clicking on the bar.
You might have to try it in a couple of different spots along the bar, but
eventually you should get a context-sensitive menu with various options
(Average, Count, Sum, etc.). Check next to "Sum" and you should be good to go.
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"T Duquette" wrote:

It should just be that your view is not enabled. Go to View on the main
toolbar and "check" Status Bar

"PULIDOC" wrote:

In previous versions of excel you could sum figures without a formula and see
the running tally in the bottom right of the screen. For example:

Column A Column B Column C
20 30 10
25 15 5
12 45 50

If I would select (aka highlight) 20, 15, 12; I would see a running tally of
47. But on my version of 2003 I no longer have that function.

Could someone please tell me how to get that function back? I hate to keep
creating formula for something so basic.