How to Use the AutoSum Function in Microsoft Excel

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Rajan Vishwakarma

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Jun 18, 2018, 6:35:38 AM6/18/18
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Let excel do math for you regardless of whatever condition you are in. From planning the monthly budget of a common man to balance sheet of an organization, Autosum in excel is a one-click tool in Microsoft Excel that runs functions on a list of data. A handy yet powerful function in Microsoft Excel that can automatically add up a range of cells quickly by saving your time. It’s often faster than creating a formula when you have large sets of data to add up.

I prepared a list of data that I want to add up and let us see, how to do that.

 

  1. In the below scenario, we need to know how much sales we have done at the end of the year for individual location and let’s look how we shall use this AutoSum function.
  2. Instead of typing the sum formula, on the right hand side of the home tab, you will be able to find the option AutoSum. Now, click on the dropdown and you shall find several options such as sum, average, count, max, and mind. As we are looking up for the total, select the sum option
  3. When you chose the option of Autosum from the ribbon, it automatically guess the range of cells to be added. You can even change the range, it is mutable.
  4. Hit enter and you shall receive the sum of the entire column you have selected. There you go.

 

Likewise, you can perform other operations by selecting the respective option in the AutoSum dropdown.

 

Things to remember while using AutsoSum function in Excel:

 

     Autosum can only go up or left, not right or down.

     You can also press ALT+= (on Windows) or Option+Command+= (on Mac) as an alternative to clicking the Autosum button on the toolbar.

     Autosum stops when it encounter an empty cell or a cell that doesn't contain a number.

     Autosum stops functioning when it hits any non-numeric value in your range. Strictly speaking, the Autosum formula will work but the error will stop it calculating the result

mounika sweety

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Dec 4, 2018, 5:40:49 AM12/4/18
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  • To sum a column of numbers, select the cell immediately below the last number in the column. To sum a row of numbers, select the cell immediately to the right.

  • AutoSum is in two locations: Home > AutoSum, and Formulas > AutoSum.

  • Once you create a formula, you can copy it to other cells instead of typing it over and over. For example, if you copy the formula in cell B7 to cell C7, the formula in C7 automatically adjusts to the new location, and calculates the numbers in C3:C6.

  • You can also use AutoSum on more than one cell at a time. For example, you could highlight both cell B7 and C7, click AutoSum, and total both columns at the same time.

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mounika sweety

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Dec 12, 2018, 11:48:56 PM12/12/18
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  • To sum a column of numbers, select the cell immediately below the last number in the column. To sum a row of numbers, select the cell immediately to the right.

  • AutoSum is in two locations: Home > AutoSum, and Formulas > AutoSum.

  • Once you create a formula, you can copy it to other cells instead of typing it over and over. For example, if you copy the formula in cell B7 to cell C7, the formula in C7 automatically adjusts to the new location, and calculates the numbers in C3:C6.

  • You can also use AutoSum on more than one cell at a time. For example, you could highlight both cell B7 and C7, click AutoSum, and total both columns at the same time.


uma ram

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Dec 15, 2018, 12:22:03 AM12/15/18
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If you need to sum a column or row of numbers, letExcel do the math for you. Select a cell next to the numbers you want to sum, click AutoSum on the Home tab, press Enter, and you're done. When you click AutoSumExcel automatically enters aformula (that uses the SUM function) to sum the numbers.

siri priya

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Dec 17, 2018, 1:31:40 AM12/17/18
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  • o sum a column of numbers, select the cell immediately below the last number in the column. To sum a row of numbers, select the cell immediately to the right.

  • AutoSum is in two locations: Home > AutoSum, and Formulas > AutoSum.

  • Once you create a formula, you can copy it to other cells instead of typing it over and over. For example, if you copy the formula in cell B7 to cell C7, the formula in C7 automatically adjusts to the new location, and calculates the numbers in C3:C6.


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Nikhil john

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Dec 26, 2018, 1:24:25 AM12/26/18
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How Autosum works

The Autosum shortcut is very simple, just type two keys:

ALT =

Step 1: place the cursor below the column of numbers you want to sum (or to the left of the row of numbers you want to sum).

Step 2: hold down the Alt key and then press the equals = sign while still holding Alt.

Step 3: press Enter.

Try these simple steps to use the autosum function in excel
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