Maybe I'm missing something obvious here but won't

  (A1+B1+C1) + (D1+E1) + ...

work?

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Anthony Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do not know if it will work in your application but have you looked at the 
> SUMPRODUCT() function? This can be used to calculate the totals of a number 
> of arrays or ranges but it is again limited to the 30 argument maximum.
>
> Further, have you tried using brackets to 'fool' the SUM() finction? Again, I 
> do not know if it would work but you could try;
>
> SUM((A1 + B1 + C1), (D1 + E1), (F1 + G1)) etc.......
>
> Have not tried this so I expect Excel will simply swear at you but it would 
> be easy enough to test.
>
> --- On Mon, 7/21/08, Chris Gamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Chris Gamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: SUM Exceeding 30 Columns
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 8:25 AM
>
> Just ran into an error yesterday telling me that the sum function can
> only support 30 arguments. I am trying to calculate the Grand Total of
> several sub totals, so doing this as a range is not effective. Does
> anyone know a work around for this?
>
> thanks
>
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