Can you use tally in excel?

Answer 1

the main problem with 'tally' (also known as the 'Gate' system because of it's likeness to a 5-bar gate) is that you tick or enter the values in one spot (or cell) the 5th being the diagonal 'cross' to signify that this set is complete and to start a new 'tally' or set, the total of tallys (counted in 5's) then shows the number of items present. The method is ideal for counting (say) sheep wandering past, or boxes being loaded. It is also useful for tally of more than one type, black sheep and white sheep, red boxes and green boxes etc, thus more than one 'tally' or set may be in progress at a time.

To tally in Excel using a single cell as the 'tally' one must remember that the nature of an Excel cell is that when you enter the second '1' the first is overwritten (that is, assuming you are not retaining the input until 5 '1's are pressed and then pressing ) When the third '1' is pressed then the previous contents are lost etc.

As the main purpose of 'tally' is to make totalling easier it would seem a waste to expend the effort to install and maintain a tally system, this would involve VB code to capture entry into a cell (the current tally), count up to 5 '1's and represent that as a 1111 with a diagonal (bottom left to top right) border, then bar any further entry to that cell until the tally were completed and cleared.

A Spin button, to increment a cell, or a Button which counted +1 to a cell would keep a count, and would require only one cell for it's task (the tally would require one cell for each 5 counted to emulate the manual system)

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Answer 2

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