Hi,

If you see the formula instead of the result, then either of the following
could be the reason:

1. The cell has been formatted as text. To correct for this, press Ctrl+1
on the cell and select General; or
2. You are in Show formulas mode. To see the results instead, pres Ctrl+~

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

"Lin4it" wrote in message
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I have typed = in Al in workbook 2 and then navigated to the required cell
to
link to in workbook 1, then clicked enter. Nothing happens. On my other
machine the same process created a link between the two cells.

I than tried the same thing with a paste link but this did not work
either.
Can anybody explain. Is there a setting somewhere that stops workbooks
from
linking. I could link between sheets without any problem.