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The Formula is displaying, not the result
In some cases Excel (2003 SP2) is displaying the formula in a cell, not the
results. The formula (say Concatenate or an IF) is correct and there is no error being indicated. In one case I entered a simple Concatenate and got the whole "=Concatenate....." displayed in the cell. I stumbled on a workaround by entering the formula in the second cell in a column where the formula did not display and then copying the formula to the first cell in the column. On another worksheet its not been so simple. I have a relatively complex IF(ISNA(INDEX(MATCH) formula that displays fine. If I edit the formula to pull out a portion (in this case the ISNA part), I get the formula displayed. I've even tried to reenter the formula from scratch but get the formula displayed. I can't figure out a pattern here. The formulas are valid and run from very simple to somewhat complex so I don't think it has anything to do with the formulas themselves. Any ideas? Tom |
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The Formula is displaying, not the result
The pattern is that the cells you're entering the formulae in are
formatted as Text, so XL doesn't try to interpret them as formulae. Format the cells as General before entering a formula. In article , tcarp wrote: In some cases Excel (2003 SP2) is displaying the formula in a cell, not the results. The formula (say Concatenate or an IF) is correct and there is no error being indicated. In one case I entered a simple Concatenate and got the whole "=Concatenate....." displayed in the cell. I stumbled on a workaround by entering the formula in the second cell in a column where the formula did not display and then copying the formula to the first cell in the column. On another worksheet its not been so simple. I have a relatively complex IF(ISNA(INDEX(MATCH) formula that displays fine. If I edit the formula to pull out a portion (in this case the ISNA part), I get the formula displayed. I've even tried to reenter the formula from scratch but get the formula displayed. I can't figure out a pattern here. The formulas are valid and run from very simple to somewhat complex so I don't think it has anything to do with the formulas themselves. Any ideas? Tom |
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The Formula is displaying, not the result
Since some of the formulas display and some of the results display, it seems
that the cells that are displaying formulas may be formatted as Text....Try this Select one of the problem cells <Format<Cells<Number tab Under Category: make sure Text is NOT selected (use whatever is appropriate). Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP-Pro "tcarp" wrote: In some cases Excel (2003 SP2) is displaying the formula in a cell, not the results. The formula (say Concatenate or an IF) is correct and there is no error being indicated. In one case I entered a simple Concatenate and got the whole "=Concatenate....." displayed in the cell. I stumbled on a workaround by entering the formula in the second cell in a column where the formula did not display and then copying the formula to the first cell in the column. On another worksheet its not been so simple. I have a relatively complex IF(ISNA(INDEX(MATCH) formula that displays fine. If I edit the formula to pull out a portion (in this case the ISNA part), I get the formula displayed. I've even tried to reenter the formula from scratch but get the formula displayed. I can't figure out a pattern here. The formulas are valid and run from very simple to somewhat complex so I don't think it has anything to do with the formulas themselves. Any ideas? Tom |
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The Formula is displaying, not the result
Some of your cells may be formatted as Text. Format them as general prior to
entering formulae. If you have already entered cells that you want to convert, then enter: Sub formfix() Dim r As Range Count = 0 For Each r In ActiveSheet.UsedRange If Application.IsText(r.Value) Then If Left(r.Value, 1) = "=" Then r.NumberFormat = "General" r.Formula = r.Value Count = Count + 1 End If End If Next MsgBox (Count & " cells changed") End Sub and run it. It should convert all your pseudo-formulae into real ones. -- Gary's Student "tcarp" wrote: In some cases Excel (2003 SP2) is displaying the formula in a cell, not the results. The formula (say Concatenate or an IF) is correct and there is no error being indicated. In one case I entered a simple Concatenate and got the whole "=Concatenate....." displayed in the cell. I stumbled on a workaround by entering the formula in the second cell in a column where the formula did not display and then copying the formula to the first cell in the column. On another worksheet its not been so simple. I have a relatively complex IF(ISNA(INDEX(MATCH) formula that displays fine. If I edit the formula to pull out a portion (in this case the ISNA part), I get the formula displayed. I've even tried to reenter the formula from scratch but get the formula displayed. I can't figure out a pattern here. The formulas are valid and run from very simple to somewhat complex so I don't think it has anything to do with the formulas themselves. Any ideas? Tom |
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That was it (it appears-I need to look in some other places on other
workbooks where I've had the problem.) I'll just respond here but thanks to the others who gave similar advice. It's a little like a virus. Once it's there and the formula becomes text it's tough to get rid of. I just created a new column, make sure it was General format, copied the formula as characters and pasted in the new column and things started working again. Althogh I haven't tracked things back to where the problem originated (I have some complex ISNA(INDEX(MATCH..... formulas) - a word to the wise. If the spreadsheets you are working on come from a COTS package (in my case Quickbooks - no criticism) make sure you have your radar on for Text cells. Thanks again to all I love this forum Tom "Gary''s Student" wrote: Some of your cells may be formatted as Text. Format them as general prior to entering formulae. If you have already entered cells that you want to convert, then enter: Sub formfix() Dim r As Range Count = 0 For Each r In ActiveSheet.UsedRange If Application.IsText(r.Value) Then If Left(r.Value, 1) = "=" Then r.NumberFormat = "General" r.Formula = r.Value Count = Count + 1 End If End If Next MsgBox (Count & " cells changed") End Sub and run it. It should convert all your pseudo-formulae into real ones. -- Gary's Student "tcarp" wrote: In some cases Excel (2003 SP2) is displaying the formula in a cell, not the results. The formula (say Concatenate or an IF) is correct and there is no error being indicated. In one case I entered a simple Concatenate and got the whole "=Concatenate....." displayed in the cell. I stumbled on a workaround by entering the formula in the second cell in a column where the formula did not display and then copying the formula to the first cell in the column. On another worksheet its not been so simple. I have a relatively complex IF(ISNA(INDEX(MATCH) formula that displays fine. If I edit the formula to pull out a portion (in this case the ISNA part), I get the formula displayed. I've even tried to reenter the formula from scratch but get the formula displayed. I can't figure out a pattern here. The formulas are valid and run from very simple to somewhat complex so I don't think it has anything to do with the formulas themselves. Any ideas? Tom |
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The Formula is displaying, not the result
I have the same style of problem.
The whole sheet is being treated as text and I cant seem to override this. It seems to have begun when I have conducted a series of complex formlas across the entire shet. The original data had numbers and then after applying the formulas the I cut a large amount of data to a new sheet. This new data is now treated as text even though I tell it otherwise. Dates and formulas are being displayed as text. I need help! "tcarp" wrote: That was it (it appears-I need to look in some other places on other workbooks where I've had the problem.) I'll just respond here but thanks to the others who gave similar advice. It's a little like a virus. Once it's there and the formula becomes text it's tough to get rid of. I just created a new column, make sure it was General format, copied the formula as characters and pasted in the new column and things started working again. Althogh I haven't tracked things back to where the problem originated (I have some complex ISNA(INDEX(MATCH..... formulas) - a word to the wise. If the spreadsheets you are working on come from a COTS package (in my case Quickbooks - no criticism) make sure you have your radar on for Text cells. Thanks again to all I love this forum Tom "Gary''s Student" wrote: Some of your cells may be formatted as Text. Format them as general prior to entering formulae. If you have already entered cells that you want to convert, then enter: Sub formfix() Dim r As Range Count = 0 For Each r In ActiveSheet.UsedRange If Application.IsText(r.Value) Then If Left(r.Value, 1) = "=" Then r.NumberFormat = "General" r.Formula = r.Value Count = Count + 1 End If End If Next MsgBox (Count & " cells changed") End Sub and run it. It should convert all your pseudo-formulae into real ones. -- Gary's Student "tcarp" wrote: In some cases Excel (2003 SP2) is displaying the formula in a cell, not the results. The formula (say Concatenate or an IF) is correct and there is no error being indicated. In one case I entered a simple Concatenate and got the whole "=Concatenate....." displayed in the cell. I stumbled on a workaround by entering the formula in the second cell in a column where the formula did not display and then copying the formula to the first cell in the column. On another worksheet its not been so simple. I have a relatively complex IF(ISNA(INDEX(MATCH) formula that displays fine. If I edit the formula to pull out a portion (in this case the ISNA part), I get the formula displayed. I've even tried to reenter the formula from scratch but get the formula displayed. I can't figure out a pattern here. The formulas are valid and run from very simple to somewhat complex so I don't think it has anything to do with the formulas themselves. Any ideas? Tom |
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It sounds as though the cells where you were pasting, were pre-formatted as Text. Format the whole sheet as General, then try pasting again. -- Regards Roger Govier "staces1" wrote in message ... I have the same style of problem. The whole sheet is being treated as text and I cant seem to override this. It seems to have begun when I have conducted a series of complex formlas across the entire shet. The original data had numbers and then after applying the formulas the I cut a large amount of data to a new sheet. This new data is now treated as text even though I tell it otherwise. Dates and formulas are being displayed as text. I need help! "tcarp" wrote: That was it (it appears-I need to look in some other places on other workbooks where I've had the problem.) I'll just respond here but thanks to the others who gave similar advice. It's a little like a virus. Once it's there and the formula becomes text it's tough to get rid of. I just created a new column, make sure it was General format, copied the formula as characters and pasted in the new column and things started working again. Althogh I haven't tracked things back to where the problem originated (I have some complex ISNA(INDEX(MATCH..... formulas) - a word to the wise. If the spreadsheets you are working on come from a COTS package (in my case Quickbooks - no criticism) make sure you have your radar on for Text cells. Thanks again to all I love this forum Tom "Gary''s Student" wrote: Some of your cells may be formatted as Text. Format them as general prior to entering formulae. If you have already entered cells that you want to convert, then enter: Sub formfix() Dim r As Range Count = 0 For Each r In ActiveSheet.UsedRange If Application.IsText(r.Value) Then If Left(r.Value, 1) = "=" Then r.NumberFormat = "General" r.Formula = r.Value Count = Count + 1 End If End If Next MsgBox (Count & " cells changed") End Sub and run it. It should convert all your pseudo-formulae into real ones. -- Gary's Student "tcarp" wrote: In some cases Excel (2003 SP2) is displaying the formula in a cell, not the results. The formula (say Concatenate or an IF) is correct and there is no error being indicated. In one case I entered a simple Concatenate and got the whole "=Concatenate....." displayed in the cell. I stumbled on a workaround by entering the formula in the second cell in a column where the formula did not display and then copying the formula to the first cell in the column. On another worksheet its not been so simple. I have a relatively complex IF(ISNA(INDEX(MATCH) formula that displays fine. If I edit the formula to pull out a portion (in this case the ISNA part), I get the formula displayed. I've even tried to reenter the formula from scratch but get the formula displayed. I can't figure out a pattern here. The formulas are valid and run from very simple to somewhat complex so I don't think it has anything to do with the formulas themselves. Any ideas? Tom |
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