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Status Bar stats in Excel

Excel 2007 and 2010 have a quick way to see basic stats on a list of numbers.

If you only need some basic details about a list of numbers, there’s no need to use Excel formulas or the Descriptive Statistics feature.

In Excel 2003 you can select two or more cells to see a total on the Status Bar.

In Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 this is expanded to show:



  • Average/Mean
  • Count
  • Numerical Count
  • Minimum
  • Maximum
  • Sum

though not all appear on the Status bar by default.

Right-click on the Status Bar to see all the values for the current selection.   You can toggle the items that will show on the status bar.

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