Hi all,

i've a little problem with inserting formulas into excel cells.
when i write the "path"-link to a cell i can't visualize the value of
the link but the "STRING" itself

i.e. i'm in Sheet2, cell A1 i write the formula: ='Sheet1'!C1' but i
visualize as result of the formula: " ='Sheet1'!C1' " and not its
value....

i know it is just a little problem but i can't solve it and it's very
frustrating.

thank in advance for your help.

Hi,

in tools options, tab "view" uncheck "formulas"

Regards,
Ivan

it's unchecked !!!!!!

maybe my explanation of the problem wasn't so clear due to my bad
english.
i've a sheet full of references to other sheets data. most part of this
references work good showing the value of the cell they're linked to.
In some cases, especially when a create a new reference the cell act as
the formula-tool option, u described before, was checked... but it
isn't!!!

at the moment i've solved the problem creating references into the same
sheet in which data are contained. then i cut & copy my table into the
sheet i want ito be in.

thanks again

Check Cell's number format, if it is arranged as Text, you can not see the results of your formulas.

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it's unchecked !!!!!!

maybe my explanation of the problem wasn't so clear due to my bad
english.
i've a sheet full of references to other sheets data. most part of this
references work good showing the value of the cell they're linked to.
In some cases, especially when a create a new reference the cell act as
the formula-tool option, u described before, was checked... but it
isn't!!!

at the moment i've solved the problem creating references into the same
sheet in which data are contained. then i cut & copy my table into the
sheet i want ito be in.

thanks again

it's arranged as general!
i've tried to change the format in order to make it appear the right
value but with no results...

it seems to be not an as easy problem to fix, or not?

Hi,

you may experience this behaviour also if cell was previously formatted
as text. It will also show formula instead of result (the formula is
treated as text). - probably your case.

Regards,
Ivan

Hi,

my previous reply is a little out of date - I had to leave my computer
while editing the post, so I didn't see any changes in the thread.

Maybe you didn't copy the formula well into your original post, but the
formula should be:
"='Sheet1'!C1"
not
" ='Sheet1'!C1' "
(the last apostrophe is erroneous).

Could this be source of your problem?

Regards,
Ivan

Nope,

i've created formulas just by clicking on the exact cell.

probably, as ivan said, the problem is linked to a previous cell's
format. i'll pay attention on this next time so i can find the real
problem....

really thanks for your attention....