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Old April 17th, 2010, 04:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
snowboardbaltimore
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Default Linking Totals Across Multiple Worksheets

I am trying to sum the totals (in accounting number format) across multiple
worksheets onto a single worksheet. I have tried manually creating the
necessary formula (='ex1'!c19+'ex2'!c19+'ex3'!c19+....), and also copying th
formula from a previous worksheet. No matter how I do this, the formula stays
visible and does not calculate or become anything more than text. Is there
any other way to sum across multiple pages?
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Old April 17th, 2010, 05:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
David Biddulph
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Default Linking Totals Across Multiple Worksheets

If you are seeing the formula as text rather than the results, I guess that
the cell is formatted as text.
Format the cell as General, then F2 and enter.

Having solved that, you may find that it is easier to replace
='ex1'!c19+'ex2'!c19+'ex3'!c19 by =SUM('ex1:ex3'!c19)
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"snowboardbaltimore" wrote in
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I am trying to sum the totals (in accounting number format) across
multiple
worksheets onto a single worksheet. I have tried manually creating the
necessary formula (='ex1'!c19+'ex2'!c19+'ex3'!c19+....), and also copying
th
formula from a previous worksheet. No matter how I do this, the formula
stays
visible and does not calculate or become anything more than text. Is there
any other way to sum across multiple pages?



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Old April 17th, 2010, 05:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
T. Valko
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Default Linking Totals Across Multiple Worksheets

Make sure the cell with the formula is formatted as GENERAL at first. Enter
your formula *then* change the format if you'd like.

Try this formula:

=SUM('EX1:EX3'!C19)

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"snowboardbaltimore" wrote in
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I am trying to sum the totals (in accounting number format) across multiple
worksheets onto a single worksheet. I have tried manually creating the
necessary formula (='ex1'!c19+'ex2'!c19+'ex3'!c19+....), and also copying
th
formula from a previous worksheet. No matter how I do this, the formula
stays
visible and does not calculate or become anything more than text. Is there
any other way to sum across multiple pages?



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Old April 17th, 2010, 06:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
snowboardbaltimore
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Default Linking Totals Across Multiple Worksheets

Thank you very much, that solved the problem for most of the formulas. I am
not sure how they got adjusted to textw hen the rest of the document (and the
ones they were originally written in and copied from) are in "Accounting" and
"General". now, I just have to figure out the rest of them.

But, thank you for the great help and making me aware.

"David Biddulph" wrote:

If you are seeing the formula as text rather than the results, I guess that
the cell is formatted as text.
Format the cell as General, then F2 and enter.

Having solved that, you may find that it is easier to replace
='ex1'!c19+'ex2'!c19+'ex3'!c19 by =SUM('ex1:ex3'!c19)
--
David Biddulph


"snowboardbaltimore" wrote in
message ...
I am trying to sum the totals (in accounting number format) across
multiple
worksheets onto a single worksheet. I have tried manually creating the
necessary formula (='ex1'!c19+'ex2'!c19+'ex3'!c19+....), and also copying
th
formula from a previous worksheet. No matter how I do this, the formula
stays
visible and does not calculate or become anything more than text. Is there
any other way to sum across multiple pages?



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