Format the cells as text. Or put an apostrophe in front of the sign: '+ then
copy and paste as needed.

Dave
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Brevity is the soul of wit.


"johnny vino" wrote:

I am having an odd problem.

I want to populate cells with + or -, but Excel assumes I'm writing a
formula and won't allow to just put the character in the cell (unless I hit
the spacebar once first, and I don't want to do that)

Is there a formatting setup that's causeing this? I've searched in vain.