You should not type the $ symbol
You type 123.45
Formatting add the $ to give $123.45
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"dusty" wrote in message
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when I post my dollar amounts into the cells columns for some reason when
I
hit enter, the figures don't move over to the right of the cell as in past
months. Also, when I try to insert $ and ,'s they don't register??? Any
ideas
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