Either Control ` (Control backquote) to toggle on and off display of
formulae across the whole worksheet,
or you've got the cells formatted as text. If so, format as general and
then re-enter the formula.
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David Biddulph

"Bill" wrote in message
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I have an Excel spreadsheet and when I enter a function, for example
=if(l2="", j2, l2) it enters the function text and does not execute the
function. Also, logical formulas do not execute. For example, entering =a2
in
cell a3 returns "=a2" and not the contents of cell a2. Can anyone advise
me
on resolving this problem?

Thank you.