Hi, I don't really know how to ask this as I am not too sure on the Excel Terms. I want to be able to find all the words that begin with the first 3 letters and or Space, then I want to be able to calculate the sum of the cells link to that cell, I have attach a sample to clarify I hope LOL What I mean. Thanks

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I have looked at your sheet and I can't puzzle out what words you are referring to.

But what you probably need to do is something along the line of

=Left(A1;3) which will give you the first three characters of the referenced cell.

Then you need to combine that with a SUMIF function.

/Møller

Perhaps something like =SUMPRODUCT((LEFT($A$2:$A$24,3)="PF6")*$H$2:$Q$24)

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Thanks for all your help everyone, I used Pecoflyer's formula and it is exactly what I needed, sorry that it was so vague I will learn the proper lingo soon enough. Thanks again!!!