[nabs-l] XL question

[Mary Fernandez]

Hi RJ,
I think you should just use a calculator. I think that you should
leave learning Excel for more complex and involved stuff, such as big
chunks of data. You know?
Have fun!
Mary

On 1/26/11, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I love to use Excel for formulas. You can do much more than add, and
> i'm sure if you google it, you can find syntax for several formulas.
> If you are interested in typing the individual cell numbers that you
> want to add, you would navigate to the cell in which you want to type
> your formula, and press the = key. then type, without the quotation
> marks as follows of course replacing it with the cells you intend to
> add, "sum(a1,b2,c3) and press enter. Typically JAWS moves to the next
> cell down, so you can press the up arrow and find your answer. If the
> cells you are adding are right next to each other, sometimes it is
> easier to write a formula that represents a range of cells to save
> time. For example, you would type the equals sign then, "sum(a1:d1).
> the colon includes each cell in the range from a1 to d1. If you
> accidentally type a formula wrong or want to replace it with a
> different one, pressing the delete key on that cell will clear the
> formula.
>
> Hope this helps, and like I said, there are a ton of other things you
> can do with Excel formulas that google could definitely help with.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 1/26/11, RJ Sandefur <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How do you create a total some in XL? Basically, I'm planning a trip to
>> see
>> my girlfriend, and I know my cab fare is seven bucks, my train ticket
>> round
>> trip is eighty bucks, etc. Or should I just use the calkulater? RJ
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