That's odd, because in XL 2000 I can type * followed by <Enter, or
+<Enter, or -<Enter, or /<Enter into a cell formatted as General
and get the symbols *, +, - and / respectively.

I had to change Tools | Options | Transition (tab) | Microsoft Excel
Menu or Help Key from "/" (default) to something else ("?") in order
to get the / visible.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Aug 31, 12:14 am, Bonnie wrote:
Yes, that does seem to work (thank you) but is there no other way?? ...it
seems ridiculous that when the text formatting specifically reads "the cell
is desplayed exactly as entered." that it should do exactly that. Issue: I
have to include this apostrophe trick in the instructions for completing the
evaluation table--for all my users who are not Excel fans, and in a big hurry!



"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:
Precede the entry with an apostrophe '
it will not be visible in the cell/table

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Bonnie" wrote in message
...
I want to use + and / symbols as text (in a table to designate positive or
negative evaluation), but formatting all cells in the document as 'text'
does
not keep Excel from recognizing them as computing functions. Here is the
weird part. If I copy and paste a + or / character from a word document,
it
will work, but I can't simply type + or / into the cell. Help???- Hide quoted text -

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