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Default How can I prevent loosing formula during data entry?

I have a work book that has data containing formulas. while editing the
same , on some cells, it was found that the formula is getting lost during
data entry....Can some one help me on this please......
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A cell can only contain either data (input) or a formula, not both.

You should normally enter the data where the formula points to, e.g.: if the
formula in C1 is: =SUM(A1:B1),
then data (i.e. numbers) could be entered into A1 and B1, and C1 will then
compute the total ..
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I have a work book that has data containing formulas. while editing

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same , on some cells, it was found that the formula is getting lost during
data entry....Can some one help me on this please......



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if the data is being entered in the wrong cell, You should concider
protecting cells except those available for data entry.

Being a klutz, I do this even on stuff I do only for myself.

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I have a work book that has data containing formulas. while editing the
same , on some cells, it was found that the formula is getting lost during
data entry....Can some one help me on this please......

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