It sounds as if your cell is formatted as text, so that's why it's not
evaluating the formula. Format the cell as General, and either re-enter
your formula, or F2 and enter.
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David Biddulph

"JHL" wrote in message
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When I download a file off the mainframe I save it as a text file. When I
open the file I use de-limited to get my columns and re-save in Excel
format.
However, I cannot use some functions like writing an "if" statement.

When I type the "if" statement it appears just as I have typed it. What
do
I have to do to gain Excel's functionality? Thanks