Select the cell and from the Edit menu use Clear All
Now re-enter the formula
Come back if this does not work, tell us the values in F42 and F44
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"aac" wrote in message
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i have a formula in a cell =F42-F44, it should be a $ value that shows up,
but nothing is showing up, it's just blank, not even a zero.