Subtotaling a subtotaled spreadsheet

A

Alane

In excel before the 2003 edition I could subtotal a
spreadsheet then subtotal again by a different column.
It does not work now. All of the items are subtotaled
but not in correct order. For example some of the totals
calculate above the information not below.

Please help!
 
J

JulieD

Hi Alane

i use this feature extensively and have found no difference in its behaviour
between any of the versions, however it is important that the data is sorted
in the same categories and order that it is to be subtotalled,

e.g. i have a worksheet that has region, state, department information on it
and i want to get the subtotal of sales by each of these categories - in the
data / sort box i first choose region, then in the next section i choose
state and in the third i choose department - then i choose data / subtotals
and choose at each change in 'region' , tick the sales box & ensure that
summary below data is checked - click OK, then i choose data / subtotals,
choose at each change in 'state', tick the sales box, UNTICK replace current
subtotals, ensure summary below data is checked, click Ok and finally i
choose data / subtotals, choose at each change in 'department', ensure the
sales box is checked, ensure the replace current subtotals is not checked,
ensure summary below data is checked and click OK and it works fine.

is there anything different that you do to what i've outlined above?

Cheers
JulieD
 
G

Guest

Thanks Julie!

That is exactly the process I go through however, since
upgrading to excel 2003 this no longer works. I brought
the same spreadsheet up on a computer with an older
version and it worked perfectly.

I've had this same problem over and over since
upgrading. I thought I was going crazy until it worked
perfectly on an older machine. Maybe I will reinstall
office to see if that helps. Which version of Excel do
you use?

Thanks again,
Alane
 
J

JulieD

Hi Alane

if the data's not sensitive zip it up & send it to me (julied_ng at hcts
dot net dot au) and i'll try it on my system to see if there's something
weird about it ... i've got both excel 2002 & excel 2003 on this system and
subtotalling works fine on both.

Cheers
JulieD
 
G

Guest

Thanks JulieD but it is sensitive. Now that I know it
works in excel 2003 I will try it on another machine.
Did you ever download some kind of fix for this?
 
J

JulieD

Hi Alane

no, i've never had a problem with it, and as a computer trainer i've taught
this function on many different computers and never had it not work ... so
i've got no idea why you're experiencing the problems you are.

Cheers
JulieD
 
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