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simple columns won't add
There's probably a very simple answer.
I'm checking out my Verizon wirless bill to understand how I got charged. I copied all the detail records from their web site and pasted them into a spreadsheet. I only want to add minutes and charges. Simple right? Below the columns I use a simple =SUM(J2:J300) but continue to get only 0.00 for a total. (According to the bill I should be getting $200 of values and they are present in the spreadsheet in the J column.) All the values are formatted as numbers. I copied an pasted to new columns, I've done a "paste special" with values only. Sum still = 0.00. I even assumed the values are text and did a paste special multiply by 1. To no avail. What am I missing? Thanks in advance, Phil |
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what does the formula =ISNUMBER(J2) return? -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany "Phil" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... There's probably a very simple answer. I'm checking out my Verizon wirless bill to understand how I got charged. I copied all the detail records from their web site and pasted them into a spreadsheet. I only want to add minutes and charges. Simple right? Below the columns I use a simple =SUM(J2:J300) but continue to get only 0.00 for a total. (According to the bill I should be getting $200 of values and they are present in the spreadsheet in the J column.) All the values are formatted as numbers. I copied an pasted to new columns, I've done a "paste special" with values only. Sum still = 0.00. I even assumed the values are text and did a paste special multiply by 1. To no avail. What am I missing? Thanks in advance, Phil |
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Phil
The numbers were brought in as Text. Changing the format to Number does not alter the values. Copy an empty formatted to General. Select the "numbers" and Paste Special(in place)ValuesOKEsc. Try your SUM again. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 07:20:23 -0700, "Phil" wrote: There's probably a very simple answer. I'm checking out my Verizon wirless bill to understand how I got charged. I copied all the detail records from their web site and pasted them into a spreadsheet. I only want to add minutes and charges. Simple right? Below the columns I use a simple =SUM(J2:J300) but continue to get only 0.00 for a total. (According to the bill I should be getting $200 of values and they are present in the spreadsheet in the J column.) All the values are formatted as numbers. I copied an pasted to new columns, I've done a "paste special" with values only. Sum still = 0.00. I even assumed the values are text and did a paste special multiply by 1. To no avail. What am I missing? Thanks in advance, Phil |
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