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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads:
=left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa |
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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
Check your options and make sure 'display formulas in cell' is not checked.
-- Brevity is the soul of wit. "Papa Jonah" wrote: I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads: =left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa |
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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
It's probably because your cell is formatted as text. Try this:
<Format <Cells Click "General" Commit your formula again -- Regards, Dave "Papa Jonah" wrote: I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads: =left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa |
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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
Hi
Also try pressing CTRL+ ~ button, may be someone mistakenly pressed it before. Thanks, Shail Papa Jonah wrote: I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads: =left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa |
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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
What does ctrl+~ toggle?
"shail" wrote: Hi Also try pressing CTRL+ ~ button, may be someone mistakenly pressed it before. Thanks, Shail Papa Jonah wrote: I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads: =left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa |
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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
ctrl-` (control backquote)
is the same as toggling tools|options|View|Formulas Papa Jonah wrote: What does ctrl+~ toggle? "shail" wrote: Hi Also try pressing CTRL+ ~ button, may be someone mistakenly pressed it before. Thanks, Shail Papa Jonah wrote: I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads: =left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa -- Dave Peterson |
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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
View Formulas is toggled on/off by CTRL + `(same key as ~)
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:16:02 -0700, Papa Jonah wrote: What does ctrl+~ toggle? "shail" wrote: Hi Also try pressing CTRL+ ~ button, may be someone mistakenly pressed it before. Thanks, Shail Papa Jonah wrote: I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads: =left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa |
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formulas appear as text instead of doing as expected
<<<"What does ctrl+~ toggle?"
In order to get to the " ~ ", you must <Shift to get to the upper portion of the key. Selecting a cell formatted as 'Text', and containing a formula, and then hitting: <Ctrl <Shift < ~ , will format that cell to 'General'. Then hit <F2 to get to the 'Edit' mode, Then hit <Enter And you'll have transformed the cell contents to a *working* formula. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Papa Jonah" wrote in message ... What does ctrl+~ toggle? "shail" wrote: Hi Also try pressing CTRL+ ~ button, may be someone mistakenly pressed it before. Thanks, Shail Papa Jonah wrote: I have entered a formula in a cell (B76) which reads: =left(A76,18) There is not a ' before the =, so I do not know why the cell displays "=left(A76,18)" instead of "Facilities & Infra" Protection is turned of for the worksheet and the cell. Any ideas why? TIA Papa |
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