{"id":22099,"date":"2025-04-14T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happy.co.uk\/?p=22099"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:26:33","slug":"how-to-add-up-a-list-of-numbers-in-excel-with-autosum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/how-to-add-up-a-list-of-numbers-in-excel-with-autosum\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add up a list of numbers in Excel with Autosum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watch the video in full below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to add up a list of numbers in Excel with Autosum\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QzG2iNjxiqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Autosum formula in Excel lets you calculate the total of a specific set of cells \u2014 usually the total of the column or the row. 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