Add Numbers in Excel Performing addition in Excel is fairly straightforward. You can either add numbers directly or use cell references to work with values stored in specific cells.

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Numbers has the ability to open Excel files so you can work on them. You can also export spreadsheets in Numbers so that they are compatible with Excel.