I've read about fills. I was hoping for a way to have the forumla apply no 
matter what, so I don't have to keep filling as I add more rows in the future.
On Oct 9, 2013, at 7:00 AM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Hey Alex,
> 
> Try this.
> First, try flipping your table around. So, you have your headers across the 
> top row, at the top of each column: A1, B1, C1, D1, E1. Then, A2 might be, 
> for instance, date. B2 would be starting milage, C2 end milage, D2 excluded 
> milage. IN E2, type =C2-B2-D2. Not sure if this step is completely necessary, 
> but it makes better sense to me and it at least works.
> Second, select all the cells in the total milage column. So, starting in E2, 
> hold shift and press the down arrow until you've selected all the cells in 
> that column you want to have a total. Then, navigate to the menu bar, Insert, 
> Fill, and choose down. That should give you the result you want. Fill 
> basically copies the formula from the starting cell, but modifies it so it's 
> relative to the cell being filled, if that makes sense. You probably can do 
> this around the other way you had originally, using fill right instead of 
> fill down, but I'm not sure how that would go with headers.
> Cheers,
> Nic
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Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
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