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10. Press Delete. (The “Delete Contents” window appears. Make sure the “Delete all“ box ischecked.)11. Press OK.12. Click on the Input Line.13. Click on the Function, , icon on the Formula Toolbar. Type =A1+A2+A3.14. Press Enter. The answer, 1035.5, appears in A4. (The cursor moves down to cell A5.)By Using The Sum CommandWhen a very large number of cells are included in the column to be added, the Sum command ismore efficient.1. Click on A4. To clear cell A4, press the Delete key. (The “Delete Contents” windowappears.) Check the Delete all box and click OK.2. Type =SUM(. (To do this type the = key, the word, sum, and the opening parenthesis, “(“.Click just after "SUM", then press the shift key and the number “9” key [Shift-9] to getthe opening parenthesis..3. Click on A1 and drag down to cell A3. (To drag, hold down the left mouse button andmove the cursor over the desired cells “=Sum(A1;A3” appears in "A4".)4. Type the closing parenthesis “ )” ( Click after the "A3", then press the shift key and thenumber "0" key [Shift-0] to get the closing parenthesis. In “A4”, the completecommand,"=SUM(A1:A3)", appears.)5. Press Enter. The answer, 1035.5, appears in A4 (The cursor moves down to cell "A5".)By Using The Sum, Σ , Icon6. Click on A4. To clear cell A4, press the Delete key. (The “Delete Contents” windowappears.) Check the Delete all box and click OK.7. Click on the Sum, Σ, icon on the Formula Toolbar just left of the Input Line (Σ is themathematics symbol for sum. The “Function”, , icon changes to the “Accept”, ,icon.)8. Click the Accept, , icon (green check mark).The Sum, Σ, icon will automatically use all of the cells above the active cell.Selecting rowsThe easiest way to select a row is to click on the row header. To select several rows that are nextto each other click and drag the mouse or you can click the row header of the first row, then clickthe last row while depressing the shift key.Selecting columnsSelecting columns works the same way. Click the column header to select a single column or click and drag to select multiple columns that are next to each other. To select columns that arenot next to each other click each column header while holding the Ctrl key.22