Learn how to use Excel's Subtotal feature to quickly add summarizing rows to your data.

If your subtotaling rows are lost in a sea of worksheet data, use this simple conditional formatting technique to make those rows easy to spot.

Microsoft Excel PivotTables turn data into meaningful information, but it's difficult to add grand total rows. Read on to learn how.

I'm talking about the outline symbols Excel displays when you add subtotals. Using the outline symbols, you can quickly format all the subtotaling cells with just a few clicks.

For many years, I used the SUBTOTAL function in Microsoft Excel to create easily visible subtotals at the top of my worksheets. However, when I encountered AGGREGATE, this became my go-to function ...

For example, the Sum function will add a Subtotal function to that cell which, unlike Sum, calculates the total value of visible cells only. Use these total row functions to summarize the filtered ...

You can insert blanks rows above or below another in Excel, and you can even add them between each row that has data.

Chart the Summary Data Click "Insert" in Excel's ribbon. Click "Pie" in the Charts group, and click one of the "2D Pie Chart" options to create a blank chart. Right-click the chart.