You can use a running total to watch the values of items in cells add up as you enter new items and values over time. To calculate a running total, use the following procedure.

Let's say you may want to see a running balance of items that you purchase so that you don't exceed your spending limits. You can use a running balance to watch values of items in cells …

Let's say that you need to add two different time values together to get a total, or you need to subtract one time value from another to get the total time spent working on a project.

How to use the SUBTOTAL function in Excel to return a subtotal in a list or database.

If you need to sum a column or row of numbers, let Excel do the math for you. Select a cell next to the numbers you want to sum, select AutoSum on the Home tab, press Enter, and you're …

Instead of writing your own formulas in calculated fields, you can use Show Values As to quickly present values in different ways. It also provides several new calculation options, such as % of …

Learn how to use the percentage formula in Excel to find the percentage of a total and the percentage of change between two numbers. Try it now!

You can quickly total data in an Excel table by enabling the Total Row option, and then use one of several functions that are provided in a drop-down list for each table column.

The SUM function adds all the numbers that you specify as arguments. Each argument can be a range, a cell reference, an array, a constant, a formula, or the result from another function.

Display or hide subtotals and grand totals in a PivotTable report and calculate them with or without filtered items in Excel.