For many years, I used the SUBTOTAL function in Microsoft Excel to create easily visible subtotals at the top of my worksheets. However, when I encountered AGGREGATE, this became my go-to function ...

If your subtotaling rows are lost in a sea of worksheet data, use this simple conditional formatting technique to make those rows easy to spot.

Almost every month, I suggest the Subtotal feature to a reader. It's an easy-to-use feature that summarizes data by groups. You define the group and the summarizing function; Excel does the rest ...

Click the Data tab. Click Subtotal in the Outline group. In Excel 2003, Subtotals is on the Data menu. In the resulting dialog, choose Count from the Function dropdown.

None of the spaces here are required. As you can see in the screenshot below, the formula works without these spaces. You can access an Excel workbook and accompanying video below for combining a ...