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I have a problem with SUMIF and COUNTIF - I can't add new functions. I
have Office 2003 which has been installed on a new laptop about 7
months ago. It had been on an old laptop and worked fine.
Spreadsheets copied to the new laptop continue to work. But, if I try
to edit an old SUMIF, or add in a new SUMIF, even using the Function
Wizard, it returns an error message - quot;You've entered too few arguments
for this functionquot;. There are three arguments for SUMIF (or two for
COUNTIF). I can copy a SUMIF OK, but cannot then edit the new SUMIF.
Any suggestions?Does the new laptop have a different list seperator setting?
To check, in the Control Panel, open Regional and Language Options.
On the Regional Options tab, click Customize
On the Numbers tab, see what's in the List separator box.

Ferg wrote:
gt; I have a problem with SUMIF and COUNTIF - I can't add new functions. I
gt; have Office 2003 which has been installed on a new laptop about 7
gt; months ago. It had been on an old laptop and worked fine.
gt; Spreadsheets copied to the new laptop continue to work. But, if I try
gt; to edit an old SUMIF, or add in a new SUMIF, even using the Function
gt; Wizard, it returns an error message - quot;You've entered too few arguments
gt; for this functionquot;. There are three arguments for SUMIF (or two for
gt; COUNTIF). I can copy a SUMIF OK, but cannot then edit the new SUMIF.
gt; Any suggestions?
gt;--
Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips amp; Book List
www.contextures.com/tiptech.htmlDebra,
Thank you. I don't know what the old lap top had, but the current one
had a blank for the list separator. I changed this to comma, and
everything seems to work OK. All the old SUMIFs automatically now have
commas and the new ones work perfectly.
Again, thank you.
Ferg.You're welcome! Thanks for reporting how you fixed the problem.

Ferg wrote:
gt; Debra,
gt; Thank you. I don't know what the old lap top had, but the current one
gt; had a blank for the list separator. I changed this to comma, and
gt; everything seems to work OK. All the old SUMIFs automatically now have
gt; commas and the new ones work perfectly.
gt; Again, thank you.
gt; Ferg.
gt;--
Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips amp; Book List
www.contextures.com/tiptech.html