if you know the range I would use the autosum formula. this works if if you place the formula in the same column as the total you are trying to calculate e.g. the total payment owed for a number of jobs that have been done. If the amounts paid were in the column C11 to C20 you could go to C22 and press alt equals which is the short cut for Autosum. A range would be suggested which is all the columns with numbers in above where you put the autosum formula. Try it. Cheers Graham Graham Page Home Phone: 0207 265 9493 Mobile: 07753 607980 Fax: 0870 706 2773 Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: gabriel_mcbird ----- Original Message ----- From: sue morgan To: Jaws ; jaws-users-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:11 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Excel. Hi. I'm a bit rusty on the old spreadsheets. I did E C D L last year and I can't remember how to calculate from say A 1 to A 10. I remember using shift down arrow to highlight the row numbers I wanted to use in the calculation, but I've forgotten how to work out the total in those rows. Please could someone jog my memory. I now wish I used spreadsheets more often because when you do something all the time, you don't forget. Never mind, I'm sure someone on this list can help me. I think there's a quick way of doing this calculation without typing open bracket then equals and all of that. Thanks. Sue. e-mail sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mobile 07968825286 msn sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx skype suemorgan1006 __________ NOD32 2802 (20080117) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com