On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:30:47 -0400, "Jon Peltier"
wrote:

Don't enter the = sign as the text of the label. Select the label without a
cursor within it, and enter the = sign in the formula bar, which is located
just above the column letters above the sheet.

I wrote up an illustrated tutorial in my blog:

http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...ext-to-a-cell/

- Jon

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Jon

As we say locally:

"The mutes nuts"!

Really good, many thanks.

Andrew