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Number format not being recognized when pasting value
Someone sent me a spreadsheet with lookup formulas already in place to fill
in values based on what was entered in a particular cell. He had been cutting and pasting information into this worksheet for a long time without any difficulty. As long as the numbers being pasted were in "number" format, a "lookup" formula in an adjacent cell supplied the correct entry, based on the pasted value. My problem is after giving me a copy of the worksheet, I tried to repeat the procedure he did but when I paste the numbers, nothing is returned in the adjacent "lookup" cell. If I completely re-type the same number rather than paste the number, the lookup value in the adjacent cell comes through. I am making sure that the cells I am cutting the numbers from are in the "number" format. No one in our office can figure this out. There are A LOT of numbers to insert and cutting and pasting has worked great for him for the past year without incident. Please HELP! |
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Number format not being recognized when pasting value
What happens if you right-click the cell, Paste Special, and choose Text?
"mom3tk" wrote: Someone sent me a spreadsheet with lookup formulas already in place to fill in values based on what was entered in a particular cell. He had been cutting and pasting information into this worksheet for a long time without any difficulty. As long as the numbers being pasted were in "number" format, a "lookup" formula in an adjacent cell supplied the correct entry, based on the pasted value. My problem is after giving me a copy of the worksheet, I tried to repeat the procedure he did but when I paste the numbers, nothing is returned in the adjacent "lookup" cell. If I completely re-type the same number rather than paste the number, the lookup value in the adjacent cell comes through. I am making sure that the cells I am cutting the numbers from are in the "number" format. No one in our office can figure this out. There are A LOT of numbers to insert and cutting and pasting has worked great for him for the past year without incident. Please HELP! |
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Number format not being recognized when pasting value
Thanks-but that doesn't work either.
"Ed Cones" wrote: What happens if you right-click the cell, Paste Special, and choose Text? "mom3tk" wrote: Someone sent me a spreadsheet with lookup formulas already in place to fill in values based on what was entered in a particular cell. He had been cutting and pasting information into this worksheet for a long time without any difficulty. As long as the numbers being pasted were in "number" format, a "lookup" formula in an adjacent cell supplied the correct entry, based on the pasted value. My problem is after giving me a copy of the worksheet, I tried to repeat the procedure he did but when I paste the numbers, nothing is returned in the adjacent "lookup" cell. If I completely re-type the same number rather than paste the number, the lookup value in the adjacent cell comes through. I am making sure that the cells I am cutting the numbers from are in the "number" format. No one in our office can figure this out. There are A LOT of numbers to insert and cutting and pasting has worked great for him for the past year without incident. Please HELP! |
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