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Formula is treated as data
I'm using Excel2k and Win2k. All of the sudden when I create a formula the actual formula (=Left(E3,3.......etc) is posted to the cell instead of the result. I have checked everywhere I can, but I can find no parameter. Even a simple reference like =D3 posts as the formula, not the value from D3. What I am trying to do is edit dashes into a phone number which is formated as TEXT. For what it is worth, when I import the unedited text phone number into Access2k, SOME of the numbers are treated as DOUBLE data types. I have no idea if these problems are related. Thanks for the help Dick -- dickhob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dickhob's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25277 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=387683 |
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Dick,
Check that Tools - Options - View - Formulas isn't checked. Ctrl - ` toggles that setting, and might have been inadvertently pressed. Also, make sure the cells aren't formatted as text (Format - Cells - Number). -- Earl Kiosterud www.smokeylake.com "dickhob" wrote in message ... I'm using Excel2k and Win2k. All of the sudden when I create a formula the actual formula (=Left(E3,3.......etc) is posted to the cell instead of the result. I have checked everywhere I can, but I can find no parameter. Even a simple reference like =D3 posts as the formula, not the value from D3. What I am trying to do is edit dashes into a phone number which is formated as TEXT. For what it is worth, when I import the unedited text phone number into Access2k, SOME of the numbers are treated as DOUBLE data types. I have no idea if these problems are related. Thanks for the help Dick -- dickhob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dickhob's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25277 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=387683 |
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