This happens when the cell was formatted as text when you entered the
formula.
Format as General (or Number) AND re-enter the formula (F2, ENTER)
Just formatting is not enough!

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel


"Donna" wrote in message
...
I have several worksheets in a file. The first worksheet is what i call
"H"... i enter pertinent info that will be used in other worksheets...
things
like Company Name, Case #, etc... In the other workbooks, i just set up
the
reference to the "H" worksheet, and the specific cell i need. In some of
my
of worksheets, and only in a particular cell, when I create the "formula"
to
reference a cell in the "H" worksheet, it displays the formula, rather
than
the result. For example, in "XYZ" worksheet, cell B6, i've entered
=H!B45.
Result should be what's in cell b45 on the H worksheet.. but instead it
displays =H!B45. I've tried doing it in other cells on XYZ worksheet, and
it
works like it should... i've even tried copying into that cell, but when I
change the cell it references, it keeps displaying the formula. I'm going
nuts here!