Another solution would be to do your calculations on a different sheet (which
you may elect to hide), if you dont' want to mess up the appearance of your
main tab. I do this a lot, especially if the data is underlying a chart or
something.
--
HTH

JonR


"Arne Hegefors" wrote:

> yeah I thought about that too but that does not seem very professional when
> my boss looks at it...thanks anyhow!
> "JonR" skrev:
>
> > I'd think the easiest thing to do would be to hide column C. I'm assuming
> > that you just don't like having it visible.
> > --
> > HTH
> >
> > JonR
> >
> >
> > "Arne Hegefors" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello! I have a small problem. I have two columns, A and B. In these columns
> > > there are returns for different bonds. In column C I calculate the diffence
> > > between A and B (C1=A1-B1). In column D I want to calculate the standard
> > > deviation of the difference dating 30 data points back. Thus, in D31 i write
> > > =STDAV(C1:C30).
> > >
> > > This all works fine. However I want to skip having the C column and make the
> > > calculations for the standard deviation of the dÃ*fference dierctly from the
> > > values in A and B. However I have not managed to do so. Please help me out! I
> > > know it does not sound worthwhile but having the extra column really messes
> > > up my spreadsheet! Any help appreciated! Thanks alot!