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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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