<p class="Head1"><help:help-id value="HID_INSWIN_SUMME"/><help:key-word value="functions; sum function icon" tag="kw66925_1"/><help:key-word value="Formula Bar; sum functions" tag="kw66925_4"/><help:key-word value="sum functions; Formula Bar" tag="kw66925_3"/><help:key-word value="adding; sum icon" tag="kw66925_2"/><help:link Id="66925">Sums</help:link></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">Set the cursor in the cell in which the sum formula is to be entered. Then click the icon.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> recognizes a range of cells, provided that the cells are already filled with data. Connected data ranges are totalized upwards (column) or to the left (row). If the column/row already contains several sum functions, you can combine these to form total sums.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Click the <span class="T1">Accept</span> icon to apply the formula displayed in the input line. The <span class="T1">Sum</span> icon is only visible when the input line is ot activated.</p>