Adding a running total to a simple Microsoft Excel revenue sheet isn't difficult, but adding a conditional running total will require a bit more effort. Solutions are simpler than you might think.

A running total helps you see how values add up over time, making it easier to track trends. Using the SUM function with absolute and relative references is key to creating running totals in Excel.

Microsoft Excel PivotTables turn data into meaningful information, but it's difficult to add grand total rows. Read on to learn how.

Excel's Subtotal command allows you to quickly create subtotals in your sorted data, and then collapse the view to to show only the new subtotal rows.

Open your spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. Click the cell where you wish the total sum to appear. Type "=SUM (range1,range2,range3)" into the cell and replace "range#" with a range of data.

Calculate sporadic totals in Excel easily using this technique. Having intermittent cells and blank cells in Excel makes calculating the sum of intermittent cells tedious. Using this technique ...

You can sum a series of numbers in Microsoft Excel manually by typing in a simple formula, or automatically with a tool.

You can add a column in Excel by right-clicking or using the “Insert” option. These features are helpful for adding new data to a spreadsheet.

The best new tool from Microsoft Excel is undoubtedly the SCAN function. Here's how to use it to calculate running totals. Find the full guide at Spreadsheet Point.

We'll dive deep into Excel workbooks in this guide, starting with the basics and diving straight into powerful three-dimensional workbooks.