Trying to check 2 columns for text and add a 3rd col to total

[Guest]

Trying to check 2 columns and if I find "Auto" in column A and "January" in
column C then I want to add the money value in column E to a budget total

Travel Auto Clothing etc
January
February


Espense item
Auto January $50
Travel January $10
Auto February $ 20

Want to get $50 into January Auto, $10 into January Travel and $20 into
February Auto.

I've tried to use the condition given by Excel 2000 help which states that

=SUM(IF((B:B25="Northwind")*(C5:C25="Western"),F5:F25))

and substituted the appropriate columns and text but I only get a #VALUE
error or totals for all the data in the money column rather than just the
selected values.

Also the note says to use CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER before entering the formula
because it's an array selection and I've tryed that and it doesn't help.

When I edit the formula it highlights the proper array of cells but it
doesn't work

Can anyone tell me what I may be doing wrong or suggest another formula that
might accomplish the same thing?

Thanks,
Rick

 

[JE McGimpsey]

One way:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(B5:B25="Northwind"),--(C5:C25="Western"),F5:F25)


Also STRONGLY consider using a pivot table...