Can I total information in 1 spreadsheet from several others?

Hi, I'm a basic user of Excel and need to know whether or not I can use one
master spreadsheet to accumulate and total information from a number of other
spreadsheets and if so how?

Many thanks

Hi

it really depends on how you're worksheets are set out, if for example you
have sheet1, sheet2, sheet3 all with January in B3 and Hats in A4 and the
value for hats sold in January in B4 and you want on a summary sheet to add
all the hats sold across the three sheets, the formula would be
=SUM(Sheet1:Sheet3!B4)

is this what you're after?

Cheers
JulieD

"Excel Novice" <Excel [email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm a basic user of Excel and need to know whether or not I can use
> one
> master spreadsheet to accumulate and total information from a number of
> other
> spreadsheets and if so how?
>
> Many thanks

Many thanks JulieD that's the sort of thing. I have 3 identicle sheets that
I'll be using to monitor output on various tasks. Each of these can (I hope)
automatically update a Group sheet. They are all set up as sheet1, sheet 2
etc.

Thanks again.

"JulieD" wrote:

> Hi
>
> it really depends on how you're worksheets are set out, if for example you
> have sheet1, sheet2, sheet3 all with January in B3 and Hats in A4 and the
> value for hats sold in January in B4 and you want on a summary sheet to add
> all the hats sold across the three sheets, the formula would be
> =SUM(Sheet1:Sheet3!B4)
>
> is this what you're after?
>
> Cheers
> JulieD
>
> "Excel Novice" <Excel [email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi, I'm a basic user of Excel and need to know whether or not I can use
> > one
> > master spreadsheet to accumulate and total information from a number of
> > other
> > spreadsheets and if so how?
> >
> > Many thanks
>
>
>

Hi

feel free to post back if you have further questions. Just a note, once
you've entered the first formula in say cell B4 you can use the fill handle
(move mouse over bottom right hand corner of the cell until you see a black
+ then hold & drag across the columns or down the rows as needed) to
automatically fill in the other formulas.

Cheers
JulieD

"Excel Novice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Many thanks JulieD that's the sort of thing. I have 3 identicle sheets
> that
> I'll be using to monitor output on various tasks. Each of these can (I
> hope)
> automatically update a Group sheet. They are all set up as sheet1, sheet
> 2
> etc.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> "JulieD" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> it really depends on how you're worksheets are set out, if for example
>> you
>> have sheet1, sheet2, sheet3 all with January in B3 and Hats in A4 and the
>> value for hats sold in January in B4 and you want on a summary sheet to
>> add
>> all the hats sold across the three sheets, the formula would be
>> =SUM(Sheet1:Sheet3!B4)
>>
>> is this what you're after?
>>
>> Cheers
>> JulieD
>>
>> "Excel Novice" <Excel [email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Hi, I'm a basic user of Excel and need to know whether or not I can
>> > use
>> > one
>> > master spreadsheet to accumulate and total information from a number of
>> > other
>> > spreadsheets and if so how?
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>>
>>
>>

Hi,
Okay I am looking to do a similar thing only not onto a summary sheet. I would like to have
the value of j10 forwarded to the next sheet, to j9. I have an idea of how it is supposed to work but I am not familiar enough with the formulas to get that part right, at least not yet. I would appreciate any input.


TQB