how do you add with excel?

Answer 1

Just type equal sign then the cells that you want to add together separated by the plus sign.

Answer 2

With data in Cells A2 and B2,
in Cell C2 you would enter an = sign
click the button to the left for the command SUM
in the parenthesis, you would enter A2+B2

on the formula line you would see
=SUM(A2+B2)

The value would appear in Cell C2

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