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Is it possible to sum an entire column without setting explicit cell boundaries in Excel?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026161032 views
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Problem

I'd like to sum all the values in a column starting from a certain minimum value, but I don't want to give an upper bound because any value in the table will be appropriate for summing (minus the header of course) and I'd like to do it the "right" way instead of summing . Is this possible?

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A2:A65535

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Just leave off the row numbers: Note that this expression cannot be placed in column A (that would cause an endless recursive summation which Excel won't allow). If you instead wanted to sum all of the rows in column A above the current row (say 51) you could do this: If you ever move the cell that holds that expression it would change the A50 to whatever is above the current cell while keeping the starting point of the summation (A1) the same. The same thing can be done if the total is kept ab…

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