how do I remove the % sign in cells without using the % icon
 

I am doing an assignment for management accounting and the lecturer has
deliberatly put errrors in the template he provided.
One of those errors is that the % sign comes up in cells where it is not
needed.
I have tried using the % icon to remove it and go into the cell and delete
everything that is there but when I go to enter data again it puts the % sign
back in.

how do I remove the % sign in cells without using the % icon
 

Hi Sidney,

if the cells are formated as percent, you can use an auxiliar column
formated as general and use =a2*100 (assuming the A column has the % figures)

hth
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regards from Brazil
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Marcelo



"Sydney sidekick" escreveu:

I am doing an assignment for management accounting and the lecturer has
deliberatly put errrors in the template he provided.
One of those errors is that the % sign comes up in cells where it is not
needed.
I have tried using the % icon to remove it and go into the cell and delete
everything that is there but when I go to enter data again it puts the % sign
back in.

how do I remove the % sign in cells without using the % icon
 

Right click on the cell(s) and select the Format option. He probably
has a custom format option on them. You should be able to set the
format to general and it should take care of it.

how do I remove the % sign in cells without using the % icon
 

The quick formatting icons as for currency, percent and comma separation of
number groups are not on-off toggles, they are "set it" commands only.

You can either click them and use Format Cells to set them to some
non-percent format, or you can select them and use Edit | Clear | Format to
pretty much do the same thing.

"Sydney sidekick" wrote:

I am doing an assignment for management accounting and the lecturer has
deliberatly put errrors in the template he provided.
One of those errors is that the % sign comes up in cells where it is not
needed.
I have tried using the % icon to remove it and go into the cell and delete
everything that is there but when I go to enter data again it puts the % sign
back in.