Enter =A3 in cell B3.

B3 will pick up whatever A3 has in it. The user can over-ride B3 with any
entry and not affect A3.
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"bcamp1973" wrote:


i want to create cell A3 with a calculation that forces a defualt value
into cell B3 if cell B3 is blank, but then that value can be overwitten
by the user without affecting cell A3...possible?


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