I _think_ that someone else reported the same problem and it was caused by an
addin. But I don't remember the name of that addin.

Some links that may help with your detective work:

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp

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IIRC, it had something to do with a mainframe/AS400/emulation addin. If you
find the culprit, you can search google for toggling a setting that changes
this. (This is from a fading memory. Take it with a grain of salt.)

Joe wrote:

Hi there. Sometimes the formula in the cell dissapears eg
=890/1000

to just showing 0.89

I want to keep the formula in the cell. So I know where the value comes from
if I need to refer to it in the future.
Thanks,jose

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Dave Peterson