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Hello all,
Some one in my office has ask me for help and I could not figure this out.
The setup:you have a set of rows with number and those number are formatted
with "Accounting" two decimals no symbol. When doing a manual sum or using
the AutoSum, whey would my number come out like so 0.00 and not a dash? If
you increase the decimal out there is a number, 0.00000000000000164316543.
?? The number are whole numbers, e.g. 24.25, 100.25, 562.64 ect.

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You may want to use the =ROUND() function to insure only two places are held.
This is in addition to formatting, which insures only two places are visible.
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Hello all,
Some one in my office has ask me for help and I could not figure this out.
The setup:you have a set of rows with number and those number are formatted
with "Accounting" two decimals no symbol. When doing a manual sum or using
the AutoSum, whey would my number come out like so 0.00 and not a dash? If
you increase the decimal out there is a number, 0.00000000000000164316543.
?? The number are whole numbers, e.g. 24.25, 100.25, 562.64 ect.

Thanks

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It's a "rounding issue" that occurs when converting binary to decimal.

Use the ROUND function:

=ROUND(SUM(A1:A10),2)

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Hello all,
Some one in my office has ask me for help and I could not figure this
out.
The setup:you have a set of rows with number and those number are
formatted
with "Accounting" two decimals no symbol. When doing a manual sum or using
the AutoSum, whey would my number come out like so "0.00" and not a dash?
If
you increase the decimal out there is a number,
"0.00000000000000164316543".
?? The number are whole numbers, e.g. 24.25, 100.25, 562.64 ect.

Thanks



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