I recently switched from Excel 2007 to 2010. In 2007 when I highlighted a range of cells that included hidden cells, the SUM in the status bar only displayed the sum of the visible cells - which was very helpful in determining a) whether the range contained hidden cells with values, if I didn't already know, and b) the actual sum that a person would calculate if the worksheet were printed (basically a check against the SUM() function).
The second feature was particularly important in an industry where we print many reports and want them to be accurate so a user can recalculate the true sum of the numbers he or she is looking at. However, it appears that in 2010 when highlighting a range with hidden values, the status bar SUM includes all values, hidden and visible! This essentially eliminates any check functionality described above.
My question is: can I change the settings so the status bar SUM only includes the sum of visible cells??
It would be EXTREMELY annoying to have to enter a SUBTOTAL() function every time to accomplish what I want. The advantage of simply highlighting is obviously speed. I'm not interested in formulas because I know they exist - I only want to know if I can accomplish the desired result when highlighting cells. (Fingers crossed.)