you can either use
=2^3
or
=POWER(2,3)

both will give you 8

Ofcourse you can use
=POWER(A1,B1)
with A1 and B1 having numbers...

Hopefully that is what you wanted... If not then my aplogies...

Let us know with an example.

"Mark Anthony Browne" wrote:

Dear Group

I am trying to calibrate a load cell to measure forces. I was wondering
whether anyone could tell me how the power function is calculated by Office
Excel.

--
Dr Mark Anthony Browne
University of Sydney