I think it is set up that way so you can enter text in the selected cell
instead of a formula. Just touch the = key

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"ronco405" wrote in message
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In older versions of Excel the formula bar had a "=" sign. The current
versions now have the function sign instead. Is there a way to change it
back. The "=" sign was exactly what we needed while the function sign does
not help us.