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why does formula not work until I clear referenced cell ??
I'm putting formulas down an excel column but they don't work. Just by
chance I clicked on one of the referenced cells and pressed delete (although there was nothing visible in it) and the formula then worked. e.g, I put formula in cell C2 which references cell B2 in conjunction with other cells and nothing happens. I click B2 and press delete and answer to formula now appears in cell C2. Anyone know how I can deal with this? I have formulas to run down nearly 300,000 rows and cannot do "press delete" for every occassion. Thanks. Colwyn. |
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why does formula not work until I clear referenced cell ??
You didn't post your formula but I suspect that someone has touched the
dreaded space bar. =IF(TRIM(I3)="",1,2) or =IF(LEN(TRIM(I2))=0,1,2) -- Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software "colwyn" wrote in message ... I'm putting formulas down an excel column but they don't work. Just by chance I clicked on one of the referenced cells and pressed delete (although there was nothing visible in it) and the formula then worked. e.g, I put formula in cell C2 which references cell B2 in conjunction with other cells and nothing happens. I click B2 and press delete and answer to formula now appears in cell C2. Anyone know how I can deal with this? I have formulas to run down nearly 300,000 rows and cannot do "press delete" for every occassion. Thanks. Colwyn. |
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why does formula not work until I clear referenced cell ??
As a guess your claculation mode is set to manual. Iit is under Tools |
Options | Calculation... Press <Shift + Ctrl + Alt + F9 for a full recalculation of all cells. -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "colwyn" wrote: I'm putting formulas down an excel column but they don't work. Just by chance I clicked on one of the referenced cells and pressed delete (although there was nothing visible in it) and the formula then worked. e.g, I put formula in cell C2 which references cell B2 in conjunction with other cells and nothing happens. I click B2 and press delete and answer to formula now appears in cell C2. Anyone know how I can deal with this? I have formulas to run down nearly 300,000 rows and cannot do "press delete" for every occassion. Thanks. Colwyn. |
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why does formula not work until I clear referenced cell ??
Don, thanks a lot. The second formula helped me get there. Saved a
whole lot of sweat!!! Thanks again. Colwyn. On Oct 20, 4:30*pm, "Don Guillett" wrote: You didn't post your formula but I suspect that someone has touched the dreaded space bar. =IF(TRIM(I3)="",1,2) or =IF(LEN(TRIM(I2))=0,1,2) -- Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software "colwyn" wrote in message ... I'm putting formulas down an excel column but they don't work. Just by chance I clicked on one of the referenced cells and pressed delete (although there was nothing visible in it) and the formula then worked. e.g, *I *put formula in cell C2 which references cell B2 in conjunction with other cells and nothing happens. I click B2 and press delete and answer to formula now appears in cell C2. Anyone know how I can deal with this? I have formulas to run down nearly 300,000 rows and cannot do "press delete" for every occassion. Thanks. Colwyn. |
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