Microsoft Excel is one of the best data storage and analysis tools out there, and it's largely because of its shortcuts. We have a list of the most useful.

You can sum a series of numbers in Microsoft Excel manually by typing in a simple formula, or automatically with a tool.

References Microsoft Corp.: Use Excel As Your Calculator, Click AutoSum and Voila! (Microsoft Office) Microsoft Corp.: Keyboard Shortcuts in Excel 2010, Function Keys (Microsoft Office) ...

Typing entire expressions from the keyboard is tedious. Instead, use these 9 shortcuts to enter and work with expressions more efficiently.

Then click on the AutoSum button in the Home ribbon, and your totals for the rows and columns will appear. See below for a screenshot showing you what to select and where the AutoSum button is located ...