Many thanks! I've spent (literally) hours going through books and "Help"
without success. Perhaps your answer was too simple [for some] to tell us
the easy and quick way to access formulas. You've just saved me hours of
work for submitting my '06 1040.

"Niek Otten" wrote:

Just don't hit the Inset Function icon, just type = and your formula

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"TBI''d biker" wrote in message ...
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