On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:01 -0800, David P.
wrote:

How do I do this:

=IF(cell A1 does not equal "apple"),...

Thank you.

Try this

=IF(A1<"apple", something, somethingelse)

replace something and somethingelse with the the results you expect
for the different cases.

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke