Excel is a powerful electronic software that can be used for a variety of data analysis and processing. Vertical column sum is a very common feature in Excel that can help users quickly calculate the sum of all values in a vertical column. Here are the steps to calculate the sum of vertical columns:
Open Excel and open the ** that you want to calculate the sum of the vertical columns.
Below the vertical column where you want to calculate the sum, select a blank cell.
In the menu bar of Excel, click the "Formulas" tab.
In the Formulas tab, select the Auto Sum feature.
Select the "Vertical Sum" option in the drop-down menu.
Excel will automatically calculate the sum of all cells below the selected cell and display the result in the selected cell.
It is important to note that if there are text or empty cells in the vertical column, Excel will ignore these cells and only calculate the sum of numeric cells. If you need to calculate the sum of vertical columns that contain text or empty cells, you can use the sum function to calculate manually. The sum function adds up all the numeric values in a specified range, including numbers in text format. For example, if you want to calculate the sum of all values in column A, you can enter "=sum(a1:a100)" in a blank cell, where a1:a100 is the range of cells that need to be calculated.