13. Inserting Subtotals and Grouping Data

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This chapter shows you how data can be summarized and grouped together using Excel’s Subtotal and grouping tools. Topics include the following:

Manually entering subtotal rows using the SUBTOTAL function

Automatically summarizing data using the Subtotal tool

Copying just the subtotals to a new sheet

Grouping information so you can quickly show or hide data

The ability to group and subtotal data allows you to summarize a long sheet of data into fewer rows. The individual records are still there, so you can unhide them if you need to investigate a subtotal in detail.

Using the SUBTOTAL Function ...

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