I have 5 workbooks each with 6 worksheets. Each worksheet has 33 rows and 5
columns with data (numbers). How do I add the 6 worksheets into one monthly
summary? New to Excel so any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Phil B.

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=SUM(first:last!Range)

the easy way is from the summary sheet click the first sheets tab, hold down
shift and click the last sheet tab, then on that last sheets select the 33X5
range, then finish by pressing enter and excel will insert the closing
parenthesis

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Peo Sjoblom

Northwest Excel Solutions

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Portland, Oregon




"Phil" wrote in message
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I have 5 workbooks each with 6 worksheets. Each worksheet has 33 rows and 5
columns with data (numbers). How do I add the 6 worksheets into one monthly
summary? New to Excel so any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Phil B.

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Hi Phil,

1) I would ensure that in each workbook was the same layout as the
others
2) I would ensure that each worksheet had the same consistent format
too...
3) I would then have a TOTALs worksheet in each separate
workbook...SUM(spreadsheetname!cell ref,.....etc etc)
then
3) I would create one over arching 'Monthly' workbook, which summed up
all the TOTALS worksheets...SUM(workbook!spreadsheetname!cell
ref,.....etc etc).

I may not have the syntax above absolutely spot on, but that's how I'd
do it !

Regards,

Jenni in Canberra Australia


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Right click on any tab and select move or copy and then tick the little box
that
says create a copy and then name it START. Now repeat that and name the
next sheet you create as FINISH. Repeat it once more and call that sheet
SUMMARY. Drag SUMMARY to the very beginning of your sheets, drag START so
that it is second and drag FINISH to the very end.

Now click on your Summary sheet and in A1 put
=SUM(START:FINISH!A1) which will pull in any data from A1 pulling from START
sheet to FINISH sheet and including any sheets in between. As long as any
sheets you add to the file are in between START and FINISH sheets, they will
get pulled into the total, no matter what you call them. Now hide your
START and FINISH sheets (if you want to).

Copy the cell A1 and then paste special as formulas into any cells that you
need to add up all the sheets on the Summary page.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Phil" wrote in message
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I have 5 workbooks each with 6 worksheets. Each worksheet has 33 rows and 5
columns with data (numbers). How do I add the 6 worksheets into one monthly
summary? New to Excel so any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Phil B.

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Thanks to all who responded to my post. Will be trying the suggestions
soon. Thanks again.

Phil B.


"Ken Wright" wrote in message
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Right click on any tab and select move or copy and then tick the little
box that
says create a copy and then name it START. Now repeat that and name the
next sheet you create as FINISH. Repeat it once more and call that sheet
SUMMARY. Drag SUMMARY to the very beginning of your sheets, drag START so
that it is second and drag FINISH to the very end.

Now click on your Summary sheet and in A1 put
=SUM(START:FINISH!A1) which will pull in any data from A1 pulling from
START sheet to FINISH sheet and including any sheets in between. As long
as any sheets you add to the file are in between START and FINISH sheets,
they will get pulled into the total, no matter what you call them. Now
hide your START and FINISH sheets (if you want to).

Copy the cell A1 and then paste special as formulas into any cells that
you
need to add up all the sheets on the Summary page.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

------------------------------*------------------------------*----------------
It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-)
------------------------------*------------------------------*----------------



"Phil" wrote in message
...
I have 5 workbooks each with 6 worksheets. Each worksheet has 33 rows and
5 columns with data (numbers). How do I add the 6 worksheets into one
monthly summary? New to Excel so any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Phil B.

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