What I have figured out so far is: =IF(('Aug-04'!C4:C200)="food","=SUM('Aug-04'!E4:E200)","") But I get an error of #VALUE! I think if I did get this formula to work as of now, if anything in the C column said food it would add all of E4-E200 not just the corresponding cell that says how much that food cost. Is that right? -----Original Message----- From: Scott-Johnson, Tiffani D. Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:33 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Look in one cell if it says "" then write the amoun t on this page One more question, could I SUM column E on page AUG-04 that has column C saying food? -----Original Message----- From: Scott-Johnson, Tiffani D. Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:21 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Look in one cell if it says "" then write the amoun t on this page Great thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Ray Blake [mailto:ray@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:19 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Look in one cell if it says "" then write the amount on this page Try this: =IF('Aug-04'!C4="food",'Aug-04'!E4,"") Ray -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott-Johnson, Tiffani D. Sent: 12 August 2004 15:11 To: Formula help (E-mail) Subject: [mso] Look in one cell if it says "" then write the amount on this page I am trying to create a budget sheet in Excel using formulas. The code I wrote says error, I am just starting to learn formula's so please bare with me: =IF(Aug-04'!C4,"food","Aug-04'!E4","") Which I am trying to say is if on page Aug-04 cell C4 says food then I want the contents of page Aug-04 cell E4 to be placed in this cell which is cell C2 on the Detail summary sheet. More information on what my page looks like: There is a "DETAIL SUMMARY" sheet and each month has it's own work sheet. In the "DETAIL SUMMARY" sheet the columns are: A1=MONTH-YEAR B1=(BLANK) C1=FOOD D1=(BLANK) E1=OFFICE SUPPLIES F1=(BLANK) G=OTHER H=(BLANK) I=TOTAL In the months work sheet the columns are: A3=DATE B3=COMPANY C3=OFFICE/FOOD/OTHER D3=MEETING E3=AMOUNT F3=CREDIT What I am trying to do in the "DETAIL SUMMARY" sheet is to tell it to look in the Aug-04 worksheet page and find what is in column C. If it says "FOOD" then I want the "AMOUNT" in E3 to go into the "DETAIL SUMMARY SHEET" under "FOOD" which is C2. 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