How To Use Skip Blanks in MS Excel

How To Use Skip Blanks

The "Skip Blanks" feature in Microsoft Excel allows you to ignore blank cells when using formulas that operate on a range of cells. To use this feature, follow these steps:

1. Select the cell where you want the result to appear.
2. Type the formula you want to use, for example SUM or AVERAGE.
3. Add the range of cells you want to include in the calculation, but add a comma after the range.
4. Type "True" after the comma to indicate that you want to skip blank cells.
5. Close the parenthesis, and press "Enter".

Example: To sum the values in cells A1 to A5, skipping any blank cells, you would use the formula "=SUM(A1:A5, TRUE)".