Thank you Andy! I changed the formatting of the cell, it didn't help.
However, after I changed the formatting of the cell, I RE-ENTERED the
formula, and then it worked. I tried entering CNTL (grave symbol), it didn't
help. I spent 45 minutes reading microsoft "help", and found nothing about
the goofy way formatting cells as text before entering a formula will cause
the formula to not function.

Thanks again!

"Andy B" wrote:

Hi
It may be that the cell was formatted as text before you entered the
formula. Format it as General and re-enter the formula. The grave accent is
` which is to the left of 1 on my keyboard.

--
Andy.


"Poor microsoft user" <Poor microsoft wrote
in message ...
I enter "=1+1" in a cell. Instead of displaying 2, what is displayed is
"=1+1" (without the quotes). I go into microsoft help, do a search on
"display formla", it has a section "display or hide formulas", it has
"switch
between displaying formulas and their values on a worksheet". I click
that
and it says:
Press CTRL + (grave value)

I have no idea what "grave value" means. I've already wasted an hour on
this.

HELP!!!!