From: Don Guillett on
To get the sum for 2011 for the 1st one for both rows. If this is what you
want?
=SUM(A8:OFFSET(A8,1,MONTH(TODAY())))

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> "ucastores" <ucastores(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Mike, being the usual slow thinking person i can sometimes be, i think a
>> left
>> an important bit of info out. ... can i send you a copy that work
>> sheet?
>> The columns are titled with the months of the year and those that are in
>> the
>> future i don't want included but the ones that have passed i do.
>>
>> "Mike H" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Change the ranges to suit
>>>
>>> =SUMPRODUCT((A1:A20<>"")*(A1:A20<=TODAY())*(B1:B20))
>>>
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>>> Mike
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>>> When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
>>> introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
>>> question.
>>>
>>>
>>> "ucastores" wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have cells with dollar values from formulas and i am trying to place
>>> > the
>>> > total of all those values in another cell based upon the current date
>>> > backwards. An IF gives me a #name result. I know i am not using the
>>> > Date
>>> > command properly, but i can't figure out how to do it. can anyone
>>> > help me?
>>> > I used =IF(Date<=TODAY, sum(. ... Or is there a better way to do it?
>>> > What
>>> > i want is if the date is today or inthe past to add the dollar values
>>> > in the
>>> > cells, but not the ones that are in the future.
>