Dispaly results, rather than a formula
I have several worksheets in a file. The first worksheet is what i call
"H"... i enter pertinent info that will be used in other worksheets... things like Company Name, Case #, etc... In the other workbooks, i just set up the reference to the "H" worksheet, and the specific cell i need. In some of my of worksheets, and only in a particular cell, when I create the "formula" to reference a cell in the "H" worksheet, it displays the formula, rather than the result. For example, in "XYZ" worksheet, cell B6, i've entered =H!B45. Result should be what's in cell b45 on the H worksheet.. but instead it displays =H!B45. I've tried doing it in other cells on XYZ worksheet, and it works like it should... i've even tried copying into that cell, but when I change the cell it references, it keeps displaying the formula. I'm going nuts here! |
Dispaly results, rather than a formula
This happens when the cell was formatted as text when you entered the
formula. Format as General (or Number) AND re-enter the formula (F2, ENTER) Just formatting is not enough! -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Donna" wrote in message ... I have several worksheets in a file. The first worksheet is what i call "H"... i enter pertinent info that will be used in other worksheets... things like Company Name, Case #, etc... In the other workbooks, i just set up the reference to the "H" worksheet, and the specific cell i need. In some of my of worksheets, and only in a particular cell, when I create the "formula" to reference a cell in the "H" worksheet, it displays the formula, rather than the result. For example, in "XYZ" worksheet, cell B6, i've entered =H!B45. Result should be what's in cell b45 on the H worksheet.. but instead it displays =H!B45. I've tried doing it in other cells on XYZ worksheet, and it works like it should... i've even tried copying into that cell, but when I change the cell it references, it keeps displaying the formula. I'm going nuts here! |
Dispaly results, rather than a formula
Very cool! Thank you - I've been driving myself crazy for 20 minutes trying
to figure out the problem. I had already reformatted the cell, but I wasn't re-entering the formula... thank you so much!! "Niek Otten" wrote: This happens when the cell was formatted as text when you entered the formula. Format as General (or Number) AND re-enter the formula (F2, ENTER) Just formatting is not enough! -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Donna" wrote in message ... I have several worksheets in a file. The first worksheet is what i call "H"... i enter pertinent info that will be used in other worksheets... things like Company Name, Case #, etc... In the other workbooks, i just set up the reference to the "H" worksheet, and the specific cell i need. In some of my of worksheets, and only in a particular cell, when I create the "formula" to reference a cell in the "H" worksheet, it displays the formula, rather than the result. For example, in "XYZ" worksheet, cell B6, i've entered =H!B45. Result should be what's in cell b45 on the H worksheet.. but instead it displays =H!B45. I've tried doing it in other cells on XYZ worksheet, and it works like it should... i've even tried copying into that cell, but when I change the cell it references, it keeps displaying the formula. I'm going nuts here! |
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