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Numbers Autosum

How do I Autosum in Numbers on an iMac?



MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 13, 2021 12:32 AM

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Posted on Mar 13, 2021 2:54 AM

Hi John,


I am not sure what you mean by "Autosum"

Do you want to sum all the values in a table column and have the formula automatically expand as you add more rows?

Here is a table named "Fruit" with one Header Row (Row 1) and one Footer Row (Row 5).

Formula in Footer Cell A5: SUM(A)

You can fill that formula right to Footer Cell B5.



Click on any cell in Row 4 (a Body Row) and press return to insert another row.



Enter new values in Row 5



The formulas in the Footer row automatically expand to include all the Body Cells.

Please call back with questions.


Regards,

Ian.


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Mar 13, 2021 2:54 AM in response to JohnPGrace

Hi John,


I am not sure what you mean by "Autosum"

Do you want to sum all the values in a table column and have the formula automatically expand as you add more rows?

Here is a table named "Fruit" with one Header Row (Row 1) and one Footer Row (Row 5).

Formula in Footer Cell A5: SUM(A)

You can fill that formula right to Footer Cell B5.



Click on any cell in Row 4 (a Body Row) and press return to insert another row.



Enter new values in Row 5



The formulas in the Footer row automatically expand to include all the Body Cells.

Please call back with questions.


Regards,

Ian.


Mar 13, 2021 4:51 AM in response to JohnPGrace

Hi John,


Happy to help!

When I first used Numbers, I thought that it was a clone of Excel. However, after reading threads in this forum, I realised that Numbers is based around several independent tables, each with a purpose.


For your next trick, create another table that "pulls" the results of the Autosums.





Numbers has automatically changed the formula from Fruit::A$5 to Fruit::A$6

The charm of Numbers!


Happy Numbering,

Ian.

Numbers Autosum

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