Almost every month, I suggest the Subtotal feature to a reader. It's an easy-to-use feature that summarizes data by groups. You define the group and the summarizing function; Excel does the rest. This ...

Harness the power of Subtotal in Excel to count grouped items Your email has been sent Excel's Subtotal feature can render quick results when you need simple grouping calculations. Susan Harkins shows ...

Q. I receive regular spreadsheets with all of our company’s accounts, departments, employees, and balances, and I have to subtotal the amounts by accounts, departments, etc. I have been manually doing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have three or more rows of data, chances are, you'll need to summarize those values in some way. Summarizing is one of the ...

Excel is one of those tools that we all know and use, but let’s be honest—most of us barely scratch the surface of its true potential. Sure, you’ve probably mastered the basics like SUM or AVERAGE, ...

Move beyond the basics of sums and averages. These tips open up all kinds of opportunities for working with spreadsheet data. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Sept. 2012 and the ...