I am creating data spreadsheets in this program. In some cells, the
information shows up as #####, while in others it shows up fine. Is there a
way to get rid of the ####s? The content is text and numeric, though, and the
batch loader the files are loaded into don't recognize the ####.

I just went and looked at the data in the cells where the multiple #s are
showing

up. Sometimes it's body text (sentences, text, that kind of thing) with no
numbers. Sometimes there are numbers in with the body text. But it doesn't
seem to be consistent when the #s appear in the cells.

Thanks again. I hope you guys can help.

This happens because there is too much information to fit inside the cell, to
change this you will either have to change the width of the whole column that
contains the affected cell(s) or merge the affected cells with an adjacent
cell to produce a larger one.

HTH

Neil
www.nwarwick.co.uk

"D_Mac" wrote:

I am creating data spreadsheets in this program. In some cells, the
information shows up as #####, while in others it shows up fine. Is there a
way to get rid of the ####s? The content is text and numeric, though, and the
batch loader the files are loaded into don't recognize the ####.

I just went and looked at the data in the cells where the multiple #s are
showing

up. Sometimes it's body text (sentences, text, that kind of thing) with no
numbers. Sometimes there are numbers in with the body text. But it doesn't
seem to be consistent when the #s appear in the cells.

Thanks again. I hope you guys can help.

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

D_Mac wrote:

I am creating data spreadsheets in this program. In some cells, the
information shows up as #####, while in others it shows up fine. Is there a
way to get rid of the ####s? The content is text and numeric, though, and the
batch loader the files are loaded into don't recognize the ####.

I just went and looked at the data in the cells where the multiple #s are
showing

up. Sometimes it's body text (sentences, text, that kind of thing) with no
numbers. Sometimes there are numbers in with the body text. But it doesn't
seem to be consistent when the #s appear in the cells.

Thanks again. I hope you guys can help.

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Dave Peterson