I would like I5 to equal F5+G5-h5. I get a value error message.

one or more of the cells F5,G5 or H5 probably have text in them, either
a number entered/pasted as text, or a "blank" made by pressing the space
bar (and inserting a space character).

For the first problem, copy an empty cell, select F5:H5 and choose
Edit/Paste Special, selecting the Values and Add radio buttons, then
click OK. This will coerce any "text" numbers to real numbers.

For the latter, use the del key or Edit/Clear/Contents rather than the
spacebar to clear the cell.

Note that SUM(F5:G5,-H5) will ignore text, including space characters
(but it won't flag "text numbers").




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"Dave O." wrote:

I would like I5 to equal F5+G5-h5. I get a value error message.