Try it the other way round:

=IF(B327<"", B327,E327)

or

=IF(B327="",E327,B327)

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"blucajun" wrote in message
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I'm having trouble figuring out how to properly do an =IF to make this
work
the way I need. I have text in columns B & E, but some of the cells in
column B are empty. I need a formula that will look at column B and if it
is
empty, copy the data from column E. If the cell in column B is not empty,
then keep what it already has. I tried using =IF(B327<"", E327, B327),
but
I know the false is wrong. How do I accomplish this?