surely it cannot be that difficult...
 

......can it!!

Column of cells
J12 to J42 inclusive.
Each cell has an amount of hours and minutes worked laid out like eg.
07:27 or 11:57


All I need to do is add the hours and minutes up!!! The answer is looking
me in the face, and I can not see it!

HELP....please :-)

Best regards

Bob

surely it cannot be that difficult...
 

=sum(j12:j42)

give it a nice custom format of:
[hh]:mm:ss



Bob Holdford wrote:

.....can it!!

Column of cells
J12 to J42 inclusive.
Each cell has an amount of hours and minutes worked laid out like eg.
07:27 or 11:57

All I need to do is add the hours and minutes up!!! The answer is looking
me in the face, and I can not see it!

HELP....please :-)

Best regards

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

surely it cannot be that difficult...
 

Thanks Dave.

Yep, I thought of that. Tried it out.....no joy. Works fine on a new
sheet!!
I think the problem maybe the formula already in the cells where the times
are.


My head really hurts now :-(

Cheers Bob
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
=sum(j12:j42)

give it a nice custom format of:
[hh]:mm:ss



Bob Holdford wrote:

.....can it!!

Column of cells
J12 to J42 inclusive.
Each cell has an amount of hours and minutes worked laid out like eg.
07:27 or 11:57

All I need to do is add the hours and minutes up!!! The answer is
looking
me in the face, and I can not see it!

HELP....please :-)

Best regards

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

surely it cannot be that difficult...
 

My guess is that the cells that look like times are really text (not numbers).

Try selectinging an empty cell
edit|copy
select the range with the times
edit|paste special|check add and values
(maybe re-apply a nice time format to that range)

Now look at the cell with =sum() in it.

Bob Holdford wrote:

Thanks Dave.

Yep, I thought of that. Tried it out.....no joy. Works fine on a new
sheet!!
I think the problem maybe the formula already in the cells where the times
are.

My head really hurts now :-(

Cheers Bob
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
=sum(j12:j42)

give it a nice custom format of:
[hh]:mm:ss



Bob Holdford wrote:

.....can it!!

Column of cells
J12 to J42 inclusive.
Each cell has an amount of hours and minutes worked laid out like eg.
07:27 or 11:57

All I need to do is add the hours and minutes up!!! The answer is
looking
me in the face, and I can not see it!

HELP....please :-)

Best regards

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

surely it cannot be that difficult...
 

Nope!! Well, I am thick, but could not get that to work.

Format Cells, suggests 'Custom' & 'hh:mm'.

Possibly be much easier if I stopped thinking :-)

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
My guess is that the cells that look like times are really text (not
numbers).

Try selectinging an empty cell
edit|copy
select the range with the times
edit|paste special|check add and values
(maybe re-apply a nice time format to that range)

Now look at the cell with =sum() in it.

Bob Holdford wrote:

Thanks Dave.

Yep, I thought of that. Tried it out.....no joy. Works fine on a new
sheet!!
I think the problem maybe the formula already in the cells where the
times
are.

My head really hurts now :-(

Cheers Bob
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
=sum(j12:j42)

give it a nice custom format of:
[hh]:mm:ss



Bob Holdford wrote:

.....can it!!

Column of cells
J12 to J42 inclusive.
Each cell has an amount of hours and minutes worked laid out like eg.
07:27 or 11:57

All I need to do is add the hours and minutes up!!! The answer is
looking
me in the face, and I can not see it!

HELP....please :-)

Best regards

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

surely it cannot be that difficult...
 

If all you did was change the format, then that isn't enough to change the
values in the cell.

You may want to show a few examples of what's in that range (formulas and
values) and what the formula evaluated to.

Without more information, I'm out of guesses.



Bob Holdford wrote:

Nope!! Well, I am thick, but could not get that to work.

Format Cells, suggests 'Custom' & 'hh:mm'.

Possibly be much easier if I stopped thinking :-)

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
My guess is that the cells that look like times are really text (not
numbers).

Try selectinging an empty cell
edit|copy
select the range with the times
edit|paste special|check add and values
(maybe re-apply a nice time format to that range)

Now look at the cell with =sum() in it.

Bob Holdford wrote:

Thanks Dave.

Yep, I thought of that. Tried it out.....no joy. Works fine on a new
sheet!!
I think the problem maybe the formula already in the cells where the
times
are.

My head really hurts now :-(

Cheers Bob
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
=sum(j12:j42)

give it a nice custom format of:
[hh]:mm:ss



Bob Holdford wrote:

.....can it!!

Column of cells
J12 to J42 inclusive.
Each cell has an amount of hours and minutes worked laid out like eg.
07:27 or 11:57

All I need to do is add the hours and minutes up!!! The answer is
looking
me in the face, and I can not see it!

HELP....please :-)

Best regards

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

surely it cannot be that difficult...
 

You may want to show a few examples of what's in that range (formulas and
values) and what the =SUM() formula evaluated to.



Dave Peterson wrote:

If all you did was change the format, then that isn't enough to change the
values in the cell.

You may want to show a few examples of what's in that range (formulas and
values) and what the formula evaluated to.

Without more information, I'm out of guesses.

Bob Holdford wrote:

Nope!! Well, I am thick, but could not get that to work.

Format Cells, suggests 'Custom' & 'hh:mm'.

Possibly be much easier if I stopped thinking :-)

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
My guess is that the cells that look like times are really text (not
numbers).

Try selectinging an empty cell
edit|copy
select the range with the times
edit|paste special|check add and values
(maybe re-apply a nice time format to that range)

Now look at the cell with =sum() in it.

Bob Holdford wrote:

Thanks Dave.

Yep, I thought of that. Tried it out.....no joy. Works fine on a new
sheet!!
I think the problem maybe the formula already in the cells where the
times
are.

My head really hurts now :-(

Cheers Bob
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
=sum(j12:j42)

give it a nice custom format of:
[hh]:mm:ss



Bob Holdford wrote:

.....can it!!

Column of cells
J12 to J42 inclusive.
Each cell has an amount of hours and minutes worked laid out like eg.
07:27 or 11:57

All I need to do is add the hours and minutes up!!! The answer is
looking
me in the face, and I can not see it!

HELP....please :-)

Best regards

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson