This sounds silly, but are you sure that "Year" and "Product Name" are
actually in different cells, or are they both in the same cell.

One way to tell is this. Just select the cell that contains "Year" and
look at the edit bar at the top. Does it contain both "Year" and
"Product Name"? If so, there's the problem.

Hope this helps,
Dom



Aimee R. wrote:
I am fairly new to excel, so I'm hoping I am explaining this correctly. I
set up a chart in excel and saved it. My problem is, when I go in and open
the file up, I'm filling the information at the top of the chart, such as the
date, and right after I type the date I have a spot that says Product Name,
so I start to move my cursor over to that spot and whatever key i click on,
Product Name disappears. Thats why I'm thinking I want to turn off
overwrite. Can anyone help me with this?

I did go down below and in my columns and I am able to type in numbers and
nothing disappears there, so its just up top.

This is how it looks on my excel sheet at the top:

Year ________ Product Name ________________

So I go in and want to fill out the lines and as soon as I type in the date,
it erases the Product Name.

Thank you for any help anyone can give me.

Aimee