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Either you are in Formula View or the formula cells are formatted as text.

Changing the Format alone won't do the trick.

For the first, hit CTRL + `(back quote above TAB key) to toggle View Formulas
on/off.

For the second, Format the cells to General then F2 and ENTER to see results.

If you have already done a great whack of these formulas, select all and
EditReplace

what: =
with: =

Replace All and OK.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:20:02 -0800, NewKid
wrote:

I work in large Excel data files where I frequently do a "countif" to compare
account numbers. Sometimes, the "countif" function will result in displaying
the actual formula in the cell, rather than the result. I have tried to make
sure the cells are formatted correctly, etc., but nothing works. Any ideas??