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AutoSum not working
The screenshot that Haytham posted seems to indicate that clicking the Data ribbon gives you an option to change the cell format. This is misleading. Instead, you can either (a) select the range of cells and click the Home ribbon to find the indicated format cells dropdown list or (b) select the range of cells then right-click the range and select Format (near the bottom). Finally, apply either General format or the relevant number format.
Hi. Thank you, I´m still not able to do it though. Because b) i found, but to change to numbers doesn´t seem to work and nothing new happens.Deleted
On your screen shot it almost looks like the sum formula is part of the marked cells to sum.
hannaaaase , could you please check
Win+R, type control international, here additional settings and what is you decimal separator
or simply check =ISTEXT(N1) in any empty cell
OK, that seems to be the problem. I copied currency from another document where the decimal was indicated by a . and not a ,
However, I did format the column to be currency, so Excell should either have changed it or alerted me to the problem!
- None of the suggestions have worked for me. I am not sure what changed but it is extremely frustrating.
Excel is fussing because you're not telling what cells to sum. You need a range of cells in your formula. Instead of =SUM(), you need something like =SUM(N2:N20) or whatever your range is.
Auto Sum means you do not have to tell it what ccells to sum. You select the range of cells and click Auto Sum. It does not work!!
Even if you then manually enters the range (i.e. you are using SUM) it still does not add. It gives me mostly R0.00, or nothing at all.
