I GET #### IN PLACE OF NUMBERS IN THE CELL. THE REST OF MY FORMULAS WORK WHAT
AM I DOING WRONG.

Your column may not be wide enough to show the result of your formula.
Simply try resizing it first.

"AVRIL" wrote in message
...
I GET #### IN PLACE OF NUMBERS IN THE CELL. THE REST OF MY FORMULAS WORK
WHAT
AM I DOING WRONG.

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

TR Young wrote:

Your column may not be wide enough to show the result of your formula.
Simply try resizing it first.

"AVRIL" wrote in message
...
I GET #### IN PLACE OF NUMBERS IN THE CELL. THE REST OF MY FORMULAS WORK
WHAT
AM I DOING WRONG.

--

Dave Peterson

I have a cell that when I put the formula in it says #VALUE. I tried
everything below but it still does not work. It is not locked. Do you know
a solution?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

TR Young wrote:

Your column may not be wide enough to show the result of your formula.
Simply try resizing it first.

"AVRIL" wrote in message
...
I GET #### IN PLACE OF NUMBERS IN THE CELL. THE REST OF MY FORMULAS WORK
WHAT
AM I DOING WRONG.

--

Dave Peterson

Hi Betty,

Please give accurate information. There is a huge difference between ####
and #VALUE.
What exactly does your cell show?
What is the formula? What are the values of the input cells?

--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel


"Betty" wrote in message
...
I have a cell that when I put the formula in it says #VALUE. I tried
everything below but it still does not work. It is not locked. Do you
know
a solution?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

TR Young wrote:

Your column may not be wide enough to show the result of your formula.
Simply try resizing it first.

"AVRIL" wrote in message
...
I GET #### IN PLACE OF NUMBERS IN THE CELL. THE REST OF MY FORMULAS
WORK
WHAT
AM I DOING WRONG.

--

Dave Peterson

What formula do you use?

What are the values in the cells that the formula uses?

It could be as simple as:
=a1+1
If A1 contains text, then =a1+1 will return that #value! error.

Betty wrote:

I have a cell that when I put the formula in it says #VALUE. I tried
everything below but it still does not work. It is not locked. Do you know
a solution?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

TR Young wrote:

Your column may not be wide enough to show the result of your formula.
Simply try resizing it first.

"AVRIL" wrote in message
...
I GET #### IN PLACE OF NUMBERS IN THE CELL. THE REST OF MY FORMULAS WORK
WHAT
AM I DOING WRONG.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Post your formula.

Maybe first have a look at help to see possible reasons why the #VALUE error
is shown.

Has nothing to do with the subject line of post you tacked onto.

In future, start your own thread rather than tacking onto someone else's.

Easier to get a handle on.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:41:36 -0800, Betty
wrote:

I have a cell that when I put the formula in it says #VALUE. I tried
everything below but it still does not work. It is not locked. Do you know
a solution?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)

3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

TR Young wrote:

Your column may not be wide enough to show the result of your formula.
Simply try resizing it first.

"AVRIL" wrote in message
...
I GET #### IN PLACE OF NUMBERS IN THE CELL. THE REST OF MY FORMULAS WORK
WHAT
AM I DOING WRONG.

--

Dave Peterson