Try the following...

1) format the cell as 'General'

2) click in the 'Formula Bar' and press 'Enter' or re-enter the formula

Hope this helps!

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"Jeff" wrote:

Hi,
I input =CONCATENATE(E51,E52,E53) in cell E50 and it appears as text as
entered. Why will it not return a value? I have all cells formatted as text.