You can also use Pivot Tables.  They are magical and can do just about anything.

Oh, but I think they are called DataPilot in Ooffice.

Shaun

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Rob Clement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Meyer wrote:
>>
>> i have a spreadsheet set up with the miles that I've biked on a particular
>> day.  What I want is to the side to get a grouping of those entries by day
>> and the sum.  I can do it with  subtotals but that inlines them with the
>> data where i want the totals to the side.
>>
>> The data looks like this, btw:
>>
>>
>>    Date     Miles
>> To work     07/18/08     3.2
>> To home     07/18/08     3.2
>> To work     07/19/08     3.2
>> To home     07/19/08     3.2
>>
>>
>>
> John
>
> Can I suggest a different format of the data
>
> Date      to work      from work    other       total
> 07/18/08   3.2           3.2          0          6.4
> 07/19/08   3.2           3.2          0          6.4
>
>
> You can then easily use a sum function to sum the figures for the day. You
> can add extra columns to show any other mileage you do.
>
> I hope this will make the spreadsheet easier.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
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