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Try this, Buzz:
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/... ft_excel.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Abuzzmaster" wrote in message ... I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
You might want to try to enter it as .05, leave formatted as a percentage
with 2 decimal points. I've come across this in other programs also. "Abuzzmaster" wrote: I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
What version are you using?
Right now I'm on a XL97 machine. Formatting a range to % with 2 decimal places, and entering: ..5 and 0.5 Give 2 completely different results! ..5 = 50.00% 0.5 = 0.50% Now, I remember seeing on my XL02 machine, a setting in, <Tools <Options <Edit tab, A setting that I don't have on my 97 machine. Something relating to %'s ... something about % entries (can't quite remember without looking). Anyway, if your version has this option in the <Edit tab, try making various entries with it checked and unchecked, and see it helps. (Can't check mine 'til tomorrow morning) -- Regards, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Abuzzmaster" wrote in message ... I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
Hi
Using Windows 2000 and Office XP I have the same situation at times. Plesae note the at times part. Since I never work with fractions, this has never bothered me. Strange enough, if you, with some percentages in your sheet, untick the Allow automatic % entry option, and you type in 50, you will get 5000%, 5 will show 500%, .5 will show 50%, .05 will show 5% and so on Do not untick that option, for your own sanity's sake -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Abuzzmaster" wrote: I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
That didn't help, unfortunately. That box was already unchecked for me. Try
formatting a cell as Percentage, then type in 5 and .05 and you get the same result. You should get 5% and 0.05% respectively. Doesn't make sense. If you have any other suggestions, I'd be grateful. "Anne Troy" wrote: Try this, Buzz: http://www.officearticles.com/excel/... ft_excel.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Abuzzmaster" wrote in message ... I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
If I enter it as .05, it reads 5%. If I wanted 5%, I'd type in 5, right? It's
actually formatted with 3 decimal points. Try it on your Excel, you'll see, typing in .05 and 5 both gives 5%, when it should be 0.05% and 5%, respectively. I'm thoroughly confused. If you have any other suggestions, I'd appreciate it. "paula" wrote: You might want to try to enter it as .05, leave formatted as a percentage with 2 decimal points. I've come across this in other programs also. "Abuzzmaster" wrote: I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
I don't really understand. I typed in ..5 and got "..5". No percentages. Why
2 decimal points? If you try on your excel, you'll see that .05 and 5 entered, both give you "5%", when they should give you 0.05% and 5.00%, respectively. I still don't get it. If you check on your other computer and come up with something, please let me know. Thanks. I'm using Excel 2002. "Ragdyer" wrote: What version are you using? Right now I'm on a XL97 machine. Formatting a range to % with 2 decimal places, and entering: ..5 and 0.5 Give 2 completely different results! ..5 = 50.00% 0.5 = 0.50% Now, I remember seeing on my XL02 machine, a setting in, <Tools <Options <Edit tab, A setting that I don't have on my 97 machine. Something relating to %'s ... something about % entries (can't quite remember without looking). Anyway, if your version has this option in the <Edit tab, try making various entries with it checked and unchecked, and see it helps. (Can't check mine 'til tomorrow morning) -- Regards, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Abuzzmaster" wrote in message ... I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
I don't understand. Where is the check box you're referring to? And I
couldn't really tell from your response if this was a solution to the problem, or just another problem that you've faced that's loosely related. Could you clear that up for me? And if you have any help I would really appreciate it. Thanks. "Kassie" wrote: Hi Using Windows 2000 and Office XP I have the same situation at times. Plesae note the at times part. Since I never work with fractions, this has never bothered me. Strange enough, if you, with some percentages in your sheet, untick the Allow automatic % entry option, and you type in 50, you will get 5000%, 5 will show 500%, .5 will show 50%, .05 will show 5% and so on Do not untick that option, for your own sanity's sake -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Abuzzmaster" wrote: I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
I *DIDN'T* say 2 decimal *POINTS*, I said 2 decimal *PLACES*.
Anyway, re-read my post. You'll see where I described entering ..5 = 50.00% And entering 0.5 = 0.50% So, the answer to your question is to enter a zero before the decimal point, and then you'll get exactly what you're looking for. -- HTH, RD ============================================== Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ============================================== "Abuzzmaster" wrote in message ... I don't really understand. I typed in ..5 and got "..5". No percentages. Why 2 decimal points? If you try on your excel, you'll see that .05 and 5 entered, both give you "5%", when they should give you 0.05% and 5.00%, respectively. I still don't get it. If you check on your other computer and come up with something, please let me know. Thanks. I'm using Excel 2002. "Ragdyer" wrote: What version are you using? Right now I'm on a XL97 machine. Formatting a range to % with 2 decimal places, and entering: ..5 and 0.5 Give 2 completely different results! ..5 = 50.00% 0.5 = 0.50% Now, I remember seeing on my XL02 machine, a setting in, <Tools <Options <Edit tab, A setting that I don't have on my 97 machine. Something relating to %'s ... something about % entries (can't quite remember without looking). Anyway, if your version has this option in the <Edit tab, try making various entries with it checked and unchecked, and see it helps. (Can't check mine 'til tomorrow morning) -- Regards, RD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - "Abuzzmaster" wrote in message ... I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
Hi
I merely confirmed that this is a problem in Excel. If you want to enter 5%, there is really only one way, and that is to enter it as .05. If you want .5%, enter it as .005. Stupid, I know. The button I referred to, you will find under Tools|Options. Select the Edit tab, and you have the option to automatically enter numbers as %. If you untick this option, it goes completely haywire. So I only tried to warn you on the one hand, and to confirm that we do have a problem. The solution - who knows? -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Abuzzmaster" wrote: I don't understand. Where is the check box you're referring to? And I couldn't really tell from your response if this was a solution to the problem, or just another problem that you've faced that's loosely related. Could you clear that up for me? And if you have any help I would really appreciate it. Thanks. "Kassie" wrote: Hi Using Windows 2000 and Office XP I have the same situation at times. Plesae note the at times part. Since I never work with fractions, this has never bothered me. Strange enough, if you, with some percentages in your sheet, untick the Allow automatic % entry option, and you type in 50, you will get 5000%, 5 will show 500%, .5 will show 50%, .05 will show 5% and so on Do not untick that option, for your own sanity's sake -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Abuzzmaster" wrote: I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
%s in XL entered as ".5" OR "50" reads as 50% if format is %age.
I've had the same problem, and it is annoying. It's counterintuitive that
these two different keystroke sequences (".5" and "50") result in the *same* number when the cell is formatted as a percentage. The solution is to type the leading zero. For instance, enter "0.5" instead of ".5" to get the correct display of 0.5%. "Abuzzmaster" wrote: I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please help me figure this out. Thanks. |
%s in XL entered as ".5" OR "50" reads as 50% if format is %age.
ToolsOptionsEdit tabEnable automatic percent entry governs the behavior of Excel for percentages.
Confusing, I agree. But then again, the previous behavior was confusing to many too..... -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "J. Sperry" wrote in message ... | I've had the same problem, and it is annoying. It's counterintuitive that | these two different keystroke sequences (".5" and "50") result in the *same* | number when the cell is formatted as a percentage. The solution is to type | the leading zero. For instance, enter "0.5" instead of ".5" to get the | correct display of 0.5%. | | "Abuzzmaster" wrote: | | I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional percentages, | between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5", it | reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is. | It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make | sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is | there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please | help me figure this out. Thanks. |
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