Thanks so much for spotting my mistake. I really appreciate it.

"xlmate" wrote:

you have bring your focus back to the Savings sheet and that why
the formula shows =Savings!J60

you just need to press enter after linking in the Budget sheet
and it will show =Budget!J60, then click F2 and type
*2 on the formula bar

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Thank You

cheers, francis










"Amateur" wrote:

Thanks for your suggestions. I've done all the checks you suggested. No
problems. Just want to check you meant automatic rather than manual should
be selected from the calculation option.

xlmate: I agree, I would have expected the formula to read =Budget!J60*2.
When I click on the cell in the budget worksheet it reads =Budget!J60 but as
soon as I select the savings worksheet it changes to =Savings!J60

Still a mystery.

"Shane Devenshire" wrote:

Hi,

Well it doen't look like anything wrong with the formula so

1. check to make sure calculation is set to Automatic - Tools, Options,
Calculation, Manual.
2. Check to make sure that the format if J60 (and) the cell with your
=Savings!J60*2 are not set to Text. You can enter a formula like
=ISTEXT(J60) and see if it returns TRUE, if so that is your problem.
3. You didn't tell us what the value in J60 was. For example if it's small
and you have the format on Sheet1 set to say $0.0 you might not see a result
due to display rounding.

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"Amateur" wrote:

Worksheet 2 (budget): =SUM(J57:J59)

The problem cell on worksheet 1 (savings) reads: =Savings!J60*2

Clear as mud to me.

"Shane Devenshire" wrote:

Hi,

Show us the formula.

What is the content of the cell on sheet2?

Check your formatting.

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"Amateur" wrote:

In a cell of worksheet 1 I type =; then go to worksheet 2, click on a cell;
go back to worksheet 1 formula bar and add *2 then tab. I'm getting 0 which
is wrong.

The cell in worksheet 2 has a formula adding a couple of other cells. Is
that causing the problem?

I don't know what I've done wrong. Can anyone help?