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Widen the column or do not try and display negative times

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My formula is based on subtracting the value of 2 different cells. If no data
has been entered into one of the cells then I get the #value! result. How can
I either hide this or display it as some meaningful text. Can I use
error.type?


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Widen the column or do not try and display negative times

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You have a few options:

One is to rewrite your formula:
=if(count(a1:b1)=0,"",a1-b1)
or
=if(count(a1:b1)=0,"Please enter at least one number!",a1-b1)
(=count() counts the quantity of numbers in that range.)

Another option is to use format|Conditional formatting to hide the error.
format|conditional formatting
formula is: =iserror(c1)
give it a white font on white fill (match the font color with the fill color)

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My formula is based on subtracting the value of 2 different cells. If no data
has been entered into one of the cells then I get the #value! result. How can
I either hide this or display it as some meaningful text. Can I use
error.type?

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Min

Widen the column or do not try and display negative times

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Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
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www.nickhodge.co.uk
blog: www.nickhodge.co.uk/blog/

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