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I have created a spreadsheet for a client's expense ledger with formulas that provide an updated balance based on new purchases + the previous balance. I used the SUMIF function to come up with an equation like this: =IF(E7=1,F6+C7,F6-C7).
The result is that the balance column runs the amount of the last balance all the way down the page. I would like to be able to hide the contents of the balance column until there is data filled into other cells in that row. I have searched the forums and seen some IF, THEN formulas that can do this but I already have an IF formula in place. Is it possible to have both or am I just being high maintenance?
Thanks for any help I may receive.

smewing,
Here is a specific solution which incorporates R C-R's discussion of the IF() function. If I understand correctly, you would like to display a running balance but only in rows containing data. So I offer the following making two assumptions to cover situations not specifically spelled out in your post:
1) that blank rows fall at the end of your list, not between completed rows and
2) that both payments and purchases are involved as suggested by your formula.
The formula is column D (beginning in D3) is: =IF(Transaction="Purchase",D2+C3,IF(Transaction="Payment",D2-C3,""))
This formula must be copied from D3 down. It cannot be entered into the header row since the number in row 2, a "seed" for the formula in D3, is an entered value and not the same formula as in the rest of the column.
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