Sounds like the cells are formatted as text. Change that and it should be
okay.

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Bob

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"Jimi" wrote in message
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problem with entering new formulae. I want to sum cells w45 and x44, and
subtract cell x45. When I enter it the formulae looks right but the value
comes up as 0 whenit is not.
on another worksheet, this works. On this new one it doesnt, so its like a
format thing or whatever. I haev tried =sum(w45+x44-x45) also =
w45+x44-x45,
and other ways - no luck.