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I have a worksheet linking to another worksheet. In 95% of the cells, the
links are working fine. In one particular column, the links are showing as
the formula (=celladress of other workbook), instead of the number that is in
the other spreadsheet.

I was having this problem previously and I formatted the entire column as
text (the numbers I'm pulling over from the other spreadsheet are style
numbers and do not have to be calculated in any way), and this fixed the
problem.

Now, I'm changing links, and as I change the cell addresses to the linked
worksheet, it goes back to displaying the formula, rather than the result,
even though the cell is still formatted as text.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Also, when I copy the formula down into cells below the first one, the
formula does not change by one cell adress for each line that I copy it down-
it is as if there are $ in the line number, but there are not.

Again, these problems are only occuring in one column and no other part of
the spreadsheet is problematic.
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Hi Melanie, try to format the cell as general and include the formula again.

hth
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Marcelo

"Melanie" escreveu:

I have a worksheet linking to another worksheet. In 95% of the cells, the
links are working fine. In one particular column, the links are showing as
the formula (=celladress of other workbook), instead of the number that is in
the other spreadsheet.

I was having this problem previously and I formatted the entire column as
text (the numbers I'm pulling over from the other spreadsheet are style
numbers and do not have to be calculated in any way), and this fixed the
problem.

Now, I'm changing links, and as I change the cell addresses to the linked
worksheet, it goes back to displaying the formula, rather than the result,
even though the cell is still formatted as text.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Also, when I copy the formula down into cells below the first one, the
formula does not change by one cell adress for each line that I copy it down-
it is as if there are $ in the line number, but there are not.

Again, these problems are only occuring in one column and no other part of
the spreadsheet is problematic.

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Thanks, I tried it but it didn't work, but I did figure out a way around
it....

I copied the formula in the column to the right, and pasted it into the
problematic cell. I was able to change the column reference and leave the
row reference alone. For whatever reason, this prevented it from being
changed back into a formula display.

"Marcelo" wrote:

Hi Melanie, try to format the cell as general and include the formula again.

hth
regards from Brazil
Marcelo

"Melanie" escreveu:

I have a worksheet linking to another worksheet. In 95% of the cells, the
links are working fine. In one particular column, the links are showing as
the formula (=celladress of other workbook), instead of the number that is in
the other spreadsheet.

I was having this problem previously and I formatted the entire column as
text (the numbers I'm pulling over from the other spreadsheet are style
numbers and do not have to be calculated in any way), and this fixed the
problem.

Now, I'm changing links, and as I change the cell addresses to the linked
worksheet, it goes back to displaying the formula, rather than the result,
even though the cell is still formatted as text.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Also, when I copy the formula down into cells below the first one, the
formula does not change by one cell adress for each line that I copy it down-
it is as if there are $ in the line number, but there are not.

Again, these problems are only occuring in one column and no other part of
the spreadsheet is problematic.

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