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"Magic" Formula
I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I
enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a
worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
Don:
WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either
-- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
I will be going out shortly but send the workbook and I will take a look.
-- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is
magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
Prior to entering anything, the cell is blank and formatted as General, and
nothing shows in the formula bar. I enter the following "11/21/2000", and the cell displays "0.0002619" and the formual bar displays "=11/21/2000" -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
Goto Tools-Options-Transition.
Uncheck Transition formula entry. Regards, Paul "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Prior to entering anything, the cell is blank and formatted as General, and nothing shows in the formula bar. I enter the following "11/21/2000", and the cell displays "0.0002619" and the formual bar displays "=11/21/2000" -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
Hi
Don't enter the = sign =11/21/2000 is telling Excel to divide 11 by 21 then divide that by 2000 and it quite correctly shows the result as 0.0002619 If your Regional settings are for mm/dd/yyyy than entering 11/21/2000 will give you a date of 21 Nov 2000 but if the cell is formatted General that will be shown as 36851 being the number of days after Jan 00 1900. Format the cell with your preferred date format, and all should be well. -- Regards Roger Govier "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Prior to entering anything, the cell is blank and formatted as General, and nothing shows in the formula bar. I enter the following "11/21/2000", and the cell displays "0.0002619" and the formual bar displays "=11/21/2000" -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
Well spotted Paul!!
Goto Tools-Options-Transition. Uncheck Transition formula entry -- Regards Roger Govier "PCLIVE" wrote in message ... Goto Tools-Options-Transition. Uncheck Transition formula entry. Regards, Paul "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Prior to entering anything, the cell is blank and formatted as General, and nothing shows in the formula bar. I enter the following "11/21/2000", and the cell displays "0.0002619" and the formual bar displays "=11/21/2000" -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
Roger:
If you look closely at my previous response, you'll see that I AM NOT entering the "=" sign - I'm just entering the date and Excel is entering the "=" -- Bill Gable "Roger Govier" wrote: Hi Don't enter the = sign =11/21/2000 is telling Excel to divide 11 by 21 then divide that by 2000 and it quite correctly shows the result as 0.0002619 If your Regional settings are for mm/dd/yyyy than entering 11/21/2000 will give you a date of 21 Nov 2000 but if the cell is formatted General that will be shown as 36851 being the number of days after Jan 00 1900. Format the cell with your preferred date format, and all should be well. -- Regards Roger Govier "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Prior to entering anything, the cell is blank and formatted as General, and nothing shows in the formula bar. I enter the following "11/21/2000", and the cell displays "0.0002619" and the formual bar displays "=11/21/2000" -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
Paul: thanks, that did it. Never even knew that checkbox existed, let alone
understand what it does. Since I created this spreadsheet from a query in Access, do you know if that process turns on this option or somehow has something to do with this? Thanks again! -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: Goto Tools-Options-Transition. Uncheck Transition formula entry. Regards, Paul "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Prior to entering anything, the cell is blank and formatted as General, and nothing shows in the formula bar. I enter the following "11/21/2000", and the cell displays "0.0002619" and the formual bar displays "=11/21/2000" -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
"Magic" Formula
This might help explain a few things.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/213953 Regards, Paul "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Paul: thanks, that did it. Never even knew that checkbox existed, let alone understand what it does. Since I created this spreadsheet from a query in Access, do you know if that process turns on this option or somehow has something to do with this? Thanks again! -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: Goto Tools-Options-Transition. Uncheck Transition formula entry. Regards, Paul "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Prior to entering anything, the cell is blank and formatted as General, and nothing shows in the formula bar. I enter the following "11/21/2000", and the cell displays "0.0002619" and the formual bar displays "=11/21/2000" -- Bill Gable "PCLIVE" wrote: How about an example of what is entered in the cell, and what formula is magically created. "Big Dog" wrote in message ... there isn't any code in the large right-hand panel either -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: OK. Now look in the ThisWorkbook module to see if there is code there that is doing it. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... Don: WHile I am not familiar with you're suggestion, when I foolow your instructions I open a VB page that contains no code -- Bill Gable "Don Guillett" wrote: right click on the worksheet tabview code to see if there is a worksheet_change event. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Big Dog" wrote in message ... I have several cells on a worksheet that "magically" create a formula when I enter data into the cell. I've deleted the contents of the cell, assigned a variety of formats, etc, to no avail. But, if I copy the contents of another cell and paste it into these cells things work just fine. Totally confused. Thanks in advance for help -- Bill Gable |
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