Excel: Creating a SUM Formula with a Macro Using Input Range

Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
Article ID: Q27717

SUMMARY

The following information describes how to build a macro step in Microsoft Excel to create a formula in a worksheet cell using a reference that you can input by selection.

To build a macro statement that places a SUM formula in a cell using a cell or range you input, have the macro select the cell. Then include the following macro statement:

   =FORMULA("=SUM("&RELREF(INPUT("select your cell(s): ",8),
   ACTIVE.CELL())&")")

The command macro does the following: selects a cell, asks you to select the range of cells that the SUM function will reference, and enters the complete SUM function into the cell.

Note: This information also applies to Microsoft Excel for Windows versions 2.1, 2.1c, and 3.0, and to Microsoft Excel for OS/2 versions 2.2, 2.21, and 3.0.

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Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
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