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In Excel 2003, is it possible to delete the contents of a cell without also
deleting the formula?j

It seems that "contents" include data and formula, but I can't seem to find
a way of separating one from the other.


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A cell cannot contain data and a formula.

The formula is the actual cell contents, and what the formula is constructed
to return is what the cell displays.

If the formula depends on the contents of other cells (=A1+B1),
you could remove the data in those cells, unless ... of course ... if they
*also* contain other formulas.

If the formula is self-contained (=100+25),
then there is no way to remove the data without removing the formula.

SO ... exactly what are you looking to accomplish?
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In Excel 2003, is it possible to delete the contents of a cell without also
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Can you clarify how you differentiate cell formulas from cell data when
referring to cell contents? An example would probably help.


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In Excel 2003, is it possible to delete the contents of a cell without also
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Default Deleting cell data without deleting formula

If you have a worksheet with a mixture of data and formulae and want to clear
out the data, but leave the formulae alone then:

Edit Go To Special... and click Constants and then OK
this selects the data, but not the formulae
Edit Clear All
clears out the data
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"Tom Hall" wrote:

In Excel 2003, is it possible to delete the contents of a cell without also
deleting the formula?j

It seems that "contents" include data and formula, but I can't seem to find
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Default Deleting cell data without deleting formula

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:30:01 -0700, Gary''s Student
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If you have a worksheet with a mixture of data and formulae and want to clear
out the data, but leave the formulae alone then:

Edit Go To Special... and click Constants and then OK
this selects the data, but not the formulae
Edit Clear All
clears out the data


Thanks!

The others who replied pointed out a flaw in my thinking, but you've
actually given me what I was looking for.

Thanks again!


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