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Thanks for any help.
I am trying to get a cell with a formula and text. Something like for A1 =B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1 But I get a #VALUE! error for this. However, when I opened another new workbook, I could do it without error. I tried changing the cell format to general, but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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You can get #VALUE! if there is text in one or more of C1:E1.
-- David Biddulph "Ian Elliott" wrote in message ... Thanks for any help. I am trying to get a cell with a formula and text. Something like for A1 =B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1 But I get a #VALUE! error for this. However, when I opened another new workbook, I could do it without error. I tried changing the cell format to general, but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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=B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1
-- --- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Ian Elliott" wrote in message ... Thanks for any help. I am trying to get a cell with a formula and text. Something like for A1 =B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1 But I get a #VALUE! error for this. However, when I opened another new workbook, I could do it without error. I tried changing the cell format to general, but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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Perhaps one or more of the values in B1:E1 are text and not real numbers?
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:12:04 -0800, Ian Elliott wrote: Thanks for any help. I am trying to get a cell with a formula and text. Something like for A1 =B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1 But I get a #VALUE! error for this. However, when I opened another new workbook, I could do it without error. I tried changing the cell format to general, but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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Isn't that what the OP had, Bob?
-- David Biddulph "Bob Phillips" wrote in message ... =B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1 "Ian Elliott" wrote in message ... Thanks for any help. I am trying to get a cell with a formula and text. Something like for A1 =B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1 But I get a #VALUE! error for this. However, when I opened another new workbook, I could do it without error. I tried changing the cell format to general, but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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And you're positive that all your values are numbers--none of that HTML
non-breaking spaces in any of those cells, right? If you're positive, then try toggling this setting: (in xl2003 menus) Tools|Options|Transition tab|Uncheck Transition Formula Evaluation In fact, I'd recommend that you turn off all those Lotus 123 settings. They're more irritating than useful (to me, at least). Ian Elliott wrote: Thanks for any help. I am trying to get a cell with a formula and text. Something like for A1 =B1*C1&"% - "&D1*E1 But I get a #VALUE! error for this. However, when I opened another new workbook, I could do it without error. I tried changing the cell format to general, but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks. -- Dave Peterson |
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