I copy-pasted data from a database into an excel worksheet. When I use the
sum function on a column of numbers, excel says the sum is zero. I formatted
the cells to make sure it was number and not text. Still says zero sum. The
numbers are aligned to the right, but are indented one space. If I manually
delete that space then the number is recognized by excel. I can't figure out
how to get rid of the space in every cell and I don't know why it is there. I
am using excel 2003 and running xp. Also, I noticed the argument included a
"0" in it. For example =sum ("23";0;"13") With 23 and 13 being the numbers I
want to add and 0 being the space that I can't get rid of. The 0s are the
only thing excel sees in the cells and so the sum is always zero. Does
anybody know what is going on? And how to fix it?