You can right click a toolbar, select Customize and add a tool with equal
sign
Or tap the = key with finger tip before type the function name.
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I recently upgraded from excel 2000 to XP, then 2003. In 2000, there was
an
equal sign button next to the edit box below the tool bars. This would
allow
you to insert an equal sign in a cell already containing a value and give
you
a subtotal for any mathematical operation you perform in that cell.

In XP and 2003, this has been replaced with a function button which does
not
give me the same results when using.

Is there a way to bring the "=" sign button back or is there other
functionality which would provide the same result?
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thanks....