I've never seen Excel format a cell as text without human assistance. Could
you spreadsheet have been a victim of slippery fingers, perhaps before
enough cups of coffee in the morning?

"?????" wrote in message
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the values we 200 135 360 80 350 350
and the summay was: 1140
the first two values were not included in the Sum.
reuven

"Gary's Student" wrote:

What are the specific values that are being miss-calculated?
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Gary's Student


"?????" wrote:

I'm using excel for years but today I was shocked. almost died.
While summarizing a column of numbers, the summary was incorrect.
I suspected that few cells contained text rather than numbers so I
multiplied every cell in the column and got the correct number.
So I assume that sometimes excel ignores cells and sometimes considers
them.
What if the numbers are significant amounts of money? How can I rely on
excel?
I will be happy to send this little sheet to you.
do i have to crosscheck every spreadsheet i use?
reuven