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Autosum many ranges quickly with Multi-select & ALT= [quick tip]

Published on Feb 26, 2016 in Keyboard Shortcuts, Learn Excel
Autosum many ranges quickly with Multi-select & ALT= [quick tip]

Let’s say you have data in a worksheet in various ranges, and you want sum up each range at the bottom.

Something like this:

How to do all this one shot?

Simple. We use multi-select & ALT=

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CP007: aweSUM() – Overview of SUM functions in Excel

Published on May 1, 2014 in Chandoo.org Podcast Sessions, Learn Excel
CP007: aweSUM() – Overview of SUM functions in Excel

In the 7th session of Chandoo.org podcast, lets make you aweSUM().

Imagine for a second that Excel cannot add up numbers. And no it cant subtract them either. What would that look like?

A glorified Notepad. That’s right. Excel’s ability to add up numbers, along with features like formulas, charts, pivot tables & BHATTEXT() are what make it such a lovely software. May be not the BHATTEXT(), but we all agree that Excel is so versatile and useful because it can add up numbers (and perform other calculations) with ease.

But how well do you know the SUM formulas of Excel?

In this podcast, you will learn,

  • Special personal fruit announcement 😛
  • + operator
  • Status bar & total rows in tables
  • Auto Sum feature
  • SUM() function
  • SUMIFS function
  • Special cases of SUMIFS function
  • SUBTOTAL & AGGREGATE functions
  • Other summing functions – SUMPRODUCT etc.
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Sporadic Totals in Excel [video]

Published on Dec 18, 2013 in Excel Howtos
Sporadic Totals in Excel [video]

If this Excel problem is a Bollywood (Indian movie) plot, it would go like this:

Situation: Your boss gave you a worksheet. It has a lot of number chunks. And you need to calculate the sum of each chunk. Quickly!

Twist #1: The villain (your boss, who else) has abducted your spouse. For every extra hour you spend on the problem, your boss will make your spouse go thru one of the boring 97 slide strategy presentations. And his laptop is full of those strategy presentations.

Twist #2: The F1 key on your keyboard is missing.

Twist #3: The coffee machine in your floor is broken again.

Twist #4: And just when you are pressing CTRL+S, the movie steers in to an item song.

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Fortunately, no one abducted your spouse. And hopefully the coffee machine is working. But the Excel problem remains unsolved.

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