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simple formula not working
Hi All.
I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ...Chip.. |
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Hi!
In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) Don't do it that way. If you do you'll end up with a circular reference. Use: I also tried =sum(D5:D679) But your problem is probably that the numbers in that range are really TEXT. Try this....... Select any empty cell that has not been preformatted. The default format is GENERAL. Goto the menu EditCopy Now, select the range of numbers D5:D679 Goto the menu EditPaste SpecialAddOK That *should" convert TEXT numbers to NUMERIC numbers and your formula should now work. Biff "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:h5Zrg.16713$_c1.7203@fed1read05... Hi All. I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ..Chip.. |
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Thanks Biff. I did as you suggested and still the formula reports 0.00.
The cells were formatted currency. I changed the cells to numbers and when I type the =SUM(D5:D679) it puts a blue box around all those cells. As soon as I hit ENTER, the box goes away and it says 0.00.. I guess I was wrong on it being a simple formula? :) The other reply said almost the same thing, except I was told to MULTIPLY instead of ADD and it made them all 0. What am I doing wrong? Was it wrong to just highlight the cells D5 to D679 and format them as NUMBERS and then shouldn't the formula work? It still says ZERO. Thanks. ...Chip.. "Biff" wrote in message ... Hi! In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) Don't do it that way. If you do you'll end up with a circular reference. Use: I also tried =sum(D5:D679) But your problem is probably that the numbers in that range are really TEXT. Try this....... Select any empty cell that has not been preformatted. The default format is GENERAL. Goto the menu EditCopy Now, select the range of numbers D5:D679 Goto the menu EditPaste SpecialAddOK That *should" convert TEXT numbers to NUMERIC numbers and your formula should now work. Biff "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:h5Zrg.16713$_c1.7203@fed1read05... Hi All. I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ..Chip.. |
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Hi Charles
Otto said to enter 1 in a blank cell and Paste SpecialMultiply, not enter 0 and multiply. Since his suggestion "worked" and Biff's didn't, I can only assume that you made an error when trying Biff's solution. Both will work, ADDING 0 or MULTPLYING by 1 will have the same effect of coercing your text values into numeric, then your SUM(D5:D679) should give you the correct result. -- Regards Roger Govier "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:At0sg.16729$_c1.16048@fed1read05... Thanks Biff. I did as you suggested and still the formula reports 0.00. The cells were formatted currency. I changed the cells to numbers and when I type the =SUM(D5:D679) it puts a blue box around all those cells. As soon as I hit ENTER, the box goes away and it says 0.00.. I guess I was wrong on it being a simple formula? :) The other reply said almost the same thing, except I was told to MULTIPLY instead of ADD and it made them all 0. What am I doing wrong? Was it wrong to just highlight the cells D5 to D679 and format them as NUMBERS and then shouldn't the formula work? It still says ZERO. Thanks. ..Chip.. "Biff" wrote in message ... Hi! In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) Don't do it that way. If you do you'll end up with a circular reference. Use: I also tried =sum(D5:D679) But your problem is probably that the numbers in that range are really TEXT. Try this....... Select any empty cell that has not been preformatted. The default format is GENERAL. Goto the menu EditCopy Now, select the range of numbers D5:D679 Goto the menu EditPaste SpecialAddOK That *should" convert TEXT numbers to NUMERIC numbers and your formula should now work. Biff "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:h5Zrg.16713$_c1.7203@fed1read05... Hi All. I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ..Chip.. |
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Like everything pertaining to computers, you must pay attention to *all* the
details. Those 2 suggestions for 'fixing' the cells that you mentioned, one was to multiply using a cell containing a *1*, while the other was to add an *empty* cell ... right ? Try this test. Say you enter this formula along side Column D. In E5, enter: =ISNUMBER(D5) What do you get returned in cell E5? TRUE or FALSE Copy the formula down Column E and see what returns you get for the rest of the cells. If they're all FALSE, you *know* that they're *not* numbers. There's a possibility that the empty cell you picked to try to correct the situation the first time might not have been formatted to General. Try again, but this time, pick an unused, empty cell, and YOU format it to currency, and add the dollar signs and whatever decimals you wish. Now, enter a 1 in this cell. Does it look OK, like this $1.00 Just for fun, try the ISNUMBER formula on this cell and see if it comes back TRUE. If everything looks good (correct), now go on and fix Column D using this cell. Since the $1.00 already entered, use the multiply option. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:At0sg.16729$_c1.16048@fed1read05... Thanks Biff. I did as you suggested and still the formula reports 0.00. The cells were formatted currency. I changed the cells to numbers and when I type the =SUM(D5:D679) it puts a blue box around all those cells. As soon as I hit ENTER, the box goes away and it says 0.00.. I guess I was wrong on it being a simple formula? :) The other reply said almost the same thing, except I was told to MULTIPLY instead of ADD and it made them all 0. What am I doing wrong? Was it wrong to just highlight the cells D5 to D679 and format them as NUMBERS and then shouldn't the formula work? It still says ZERO. Thanks. ..Chip.. "Biff" wrote in message ... Hi! In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) Don't do it that way. If you do you'll end up with a circular reference. Use: I also tried =sum(D5:D679) But your problem is probably that the numbers in that range are really TEXT. Try this....... Select any empty cell that has not been preformatted. The default format is GENERAL. Goto the menu EditCopy Now, select the range of numbers D5:D679 Goto the menu EditPaste SpecialAddOK That *should" convert TEXT numbers to NUMERIC numbers and your formula should now work. Biff "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:h5Zrg.16713$_c1.7203@fed1read05... Hi All. I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ..Chip.. |
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This is one of my least favorite things to try to "guide" someone through!
Biff "Ragdyer" wrote in message ... Like everything pertaining to computers, you must pay attention to *all* the details. Those 2 suggestions for 'fixing' the cells that you mentioned, one was to multiply using a cell containing a *1*, while the other was to add an *empty* cell ... right ? Try this test. Say you enter this formula along side Column D. In E5, enter: =ISNUMBER(D5) What do you get returned in cell E5? TRUE or FALSE Copy the formula down Column E and see what returns you get for the rest of the cells. If they're all FALSE, you *know* that they're *not* numbers. There's a possibility that the empty cell you picked to try to correct the situation the first time might not have been formatted to General. Try again, but this time, pick an unused, empty cell, and YOU format it to currency, and add the dollar signs and whatever decimals you wish. Now, enter a 1 in this cell. Does it look OK, like this $1.00 Just for fun, try the ISNUMBER formula on this cell and see if it comes back TRUE. If everything looks good (correct), now go on and fix Column D using this cell. Since the $1.00 already entered, use the multiply option. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:At0sg.16729$_c1.16048@fed1read05... Thanks Biff. I did as you suggested and still the formula reports 0.00. The cells were formatted currency. I changed the cells to numbers and when I type the =SUM(D5:D679) it puts a blue box around all those cells. As soon as I hit ENTER, the box goes away and it says 0.00.. I guess I was wrong on it being a simple formula? :) The other reply said almost the same thing, except I was told to MULTIPLY instead of ADD and it made them all 0. What am I doing wrong? Was it wrong to just highlight the cells D5 to D679 and format them as NUMBERS and then shouldn't the formula work? It still says ZERO. Thanks. ..Chip.. "Biff" wrote in message ... Hi! In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) Don't do it that way. If you do you'll end up with a circular reference. Use: I also tried =sum(D5:D679) But your problem is probably that the numbers in that range are really TEXT. Try this....... Select any empty cell that has not been preformatted. The default format is GENERAL. Goto the menu EditCopy Now, select the range of numbers D5:D679 Goto the menu EditPaste SpecialAddOK That *should" convert TEXT numbers to NUMERIC numbers and your formula should now work. Biff "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:h5Zrg.16713$_c1.7203@fed1read05... Hi All. I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ..Chip.. |
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Tell me about it ! ! !<bg
But it was 11:30 PM and the A/C was on the fritz and in So. Cal. the temp was still 90F at that time, and I couldn't sleep, so ... what the heck! -- Regards, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Biff" wrote in message ... This is one of my least favorite things to try to "guide" someone through! Biff "Ragdyer" wrote in message ... Like everything pertaining to computers, you must pay attention to *all* the details. Those 2 suggestions for 'fixing' the cells that you mentioned, one was to multiply using a cell containing a *1*, while the other was to add an *empty* cell ... right ? Try this test. Say you enter this formula along side Column D. In E5, enter: =ISNUMBER(D5) What do you get returned in cell E5? TRUE or FALSE Copy the formula down Column E and see what returns you get for the rest of the cells. If they're all FALSE, you *know* that they're *not* numbers. There's a possibility that the empty cell you picked to try to correct the situation the first time might not have been formatted to General. Try again, but this time, pick an unused, empty cell, and YOU format it to currency, and add the dollar signs and whatever decimals you wish. Now, enter a 1 in this cell. Does it look OK, like this $1.00 Just for fun, try the ISNUMBER formula on this cell and see if it comes back TRUE. If everything looks good (correct), now go on and fix Column D using this cell. Since the $1.00 already entered, use the multiply option. -- HTH, RD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:At0sg.16729$_c1.16048@fed1read05... Thanks Biff. I did as you suggested and still the formula reports 0.00. The cells were formatted currency. I changed the cells to numbers and when I type the =SUM(D5:D679) it puts a blue box around all those cells. As soon as I hit ENTER, the box goes away and it says 0.00.. I guess I was wrong on it being a simple formula? :) The other reply said almost the same thing, except I was told to MULTIPLY instead of ADD and it made them all 0. What am I doing wrong? Was it wrong to just highlight the cells D5 to D679 and format them as NUMBERS and then shouldn't the formula work? It still says ZERO. Thanks. ..Chip.. "Biff" wrote in message ... Hi! In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) Don't do it that way. If you do you'll end up with a circular reference. Use: I also tried =sum(D5:D679) But your problem is probably that the numbers in that range are really TEXT. Try this....... Select any empty cell that has not been preformatted. The default format is GENERAL. Goto the menu EditCopy Now, select the range of numbers D5:D679 Goto the menu EditPaste SpecialAddOK That *should" convert TEXT numbers to NUMERIC numbers and your formula should now work. Biff "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:h5Zrg.16713$_c1.7203@fed1read05... Hi All. I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ..Chip.. |
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Use the formula =sum(D5:D679) assuming that this formula is in a cell below
row 679 if it's in Column D. Not knowing anymore than what you wrote, I would say your numbers are not numbers. Do this: In some blank cell type 1. Check that the format of this cell is General. Copy that cell. Select all the occupied cells of Column D (but not the formula cell). Do Edit - Paste Special - check the "Multiply" box. Click OK. Your formula should work now. HTH Otto "Charles Shapiro" wrote in message news:h5Zrg.16713$_c1.7203@fed1read05... Hi All. I want to add up a column. From what I read I can do it two ways. In cell D680 which is one cell after the end of the data in column D: I put =sum(D:D) which is suppose add up the column. I also tried =sum(D5:D679) , but it says $0.00 Does a formula for currency need to be written another way? It does show the $$ in the total in cell D680. I'm confused, this should be simple? Thanks for any help.. ..Chip.. |
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Thanks to all that posted. I do NOT know what I did, as nothing seems to
work as designed. I had another list of the same (different month) and I went to it, made sure the COL was formatted NUMBERS, move to 1 cell below any numbers and entered the formula. It worked. I then went back to the current month, entered the same formula, was told I had a circular reference in D38 It was $0.00. When I deleted that cell's entry the formula starting working.... Hmmm... Sorry to have been such a pain for something I though (and is probably) so simple! ...Chip.. |
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