"jt" wrote:
occasionally i get a spreadsheet that acts as
if the show formula feature is on but when i
go to turn it off the formulas still show up ??
is there a setting I'm missing somewhere....xl 2010

Perhaps the cells were formatted as Text when the formulas were entered.
Even if the format was subsequently changed to General or a numeric format,
the cell contents would remain as text until the cells are "re-edited"
(typically by pressing F2, then Enter).