After pressing F9 you should have pressed ESC. Now you will need to re-enter
the formula since you have made it a value.
Why not use the Formula Evaluation tool for this purpose?
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"Anvil22" wrote in message
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in the fx window I do a calculation and the formula shows in cell. If I
hilight the formula in the fx window and press (f9) the result shows in
cell.
If i go back to the cell the formula no longer show in the fx window. I
can't find how to show the formula in the fx window as it did in 2003. can
anyone help. Thansk