Hi,


It's simply a throwback to Lotus123 in which a formula was preceded by a
plus sign. It isn't necessary in excel but Excel tolerates it.

Mike

"KathleenMT" wrote:

Hi,

I'm using excel after a long hiatus, and I have what I think is a very
obvious question - that I can't seem to find an answer to.

I'm looking at a spreadsheet, and I see many cells with the following types
of values - eg. =+A22, =+B24, =+C33

My question is: why is the '+' there? Why not just say =A22, =B24, =C33?

Thanks in advance