In this article, we will learn to Watch Calculation Results Immediately in Excel.
What is the status bar and where to find the status bar in Excel?
Status bar is a horizontal bar, usually at the bottom of the screen or window, showing information about the running sheet or selected data. Status bar in Excel is basically a watch window to know the running status of the sheet. You can customize many features under the status bar. Here we learn how to look up quick results for the selected data on the status bar. Functions like
You just need to select the required data and can watch all the stated results immediately, all together on the status bar. Let's learn how to watch the results on the status bar.
Example :
All of these might be confusing to understand. Let's understand how to use the function using an example. Here we have a sample data performing
As you can see in the above image that selected cell range is C4:C9 and the bottom bar indicated is the status bar.
Right click on the bar will open a drop down list as shown below.
This are the options available to view on status bar. All the tick options are shown as enabled and the untick are the disabled ones. The bow indicated shows the calculation performing options. Tick the ones you want to view on status bar.
After ticking the ones, you are ready to evaluate results. Now select the range you need to evaluate.
As you can see the Average : 82500 Count : 6 Numerical Count : 6 Min : 55000 Max : 120000 and Sum : 495000 for the selected cells.
Here are all the observational notes using the results displayed on status bar in Excel
Notes :
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