Maybe this will help:
=IF(AND(B10="",C10=""),your formula if blank,your formula if not)
Keep in mind that the argument AND(B10="",C10="") is that BOTH B10 and C10
are blank. If you want the "your formula if blank" to operate if EITHER ONE
is blank, change the "AND" to "OR". HTH Otto

"Novice" wrote in message
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This is the formula I've been playing with.(D2)='[Interior AIC cost
worksheet.xls]Sheet1'!$B$11*A4+'[Interior AIC cost
worksheet.xls]Sheet1'!$B$11+'[Interior AIC cost
worksheet.xls]Sheet1'!$J$13*B4+'[Interior AIC cost
worksheet.xls]Sheet1'!$B$11+'[Interior AIC cost
worksheet.xls]Sheet1'!$J$14*C4
If you'll notice the + is the end of the function for A4 in the
destonation
workbook, but only to be added to the totals of B4 and C4 if a value
(quantity) is offered in said cell. If not I don't want a cell without a
value (quantity) to be calculated. I hope I'm making sense.
A.......B........C.......D
4.........2.................calculated without cell C2
Thank you for your response, Ill keep watching this subject to try and
learn. I may be going about this all wrong. Thanks again.

"Otto Moehrbach" wrote:

I don't follow everything you are saying, but this formula will produce a
blank cell if either B10 or C10 are blank. Is this what you mean? HTH
Otto
=IF(AND(B10="",C10=""),"",your formula here)

"Novice" wrote in message
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I am trying to create a quote sheet using several cells in a string.
While
I
have figured out how to consult values in another workbook, I am unable
to
write the formula so that it only calcuates those cells in the string
that
is
selected with a value. Example:
=B10*'[otherworkbook]!'$C$8+C10*'[otherworkbook]!'$C$9 etc..
B10 and C10 representing cells on my quote sheet that should only be
calculated when a value is entered. At this time the outcome of the
formula
has a value before there is a value entered in any cell at all.
I hope you can help, and I appologize for my inexperiance with excel.
Thank you