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I'm very new at using excel and if someone could help me please:) :) how
do I keep a formula in a cell example I've put the formula in the cell
and go back to it to enter some data and need to clear the data I
always seem to clear my formula what do I do????to keep the formula in
the cell Thanks gg


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Default clearing a cell

Formulas cant work in the cell they occupy, nor can a formula change the
contents of a cell it occupies. Say in A1 there was the formula:
=B1+C1
then A1 will display the sum of B1 and C1,
If you go back to A1 and enter something else, the formula is gone,
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Alan.
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I'm very new at using excel and if someone could help me please:) :) how
do I keep a formula in a cell example I've put the formula in the cell
and go back to it to enter some data and need to clear the data I
always seem to clear my formula what do I do????to keep the formula in
the cell Thanks gg


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