Another way is to use the custom format feature of Excel.

Format cells - custom

enter

# "*"

That way you can use the sum function without all the other hoopla

"Be18" wrote:

Please could you tell me if it is possible to insert a symbol or a letter
after a number in the same cell and still use the number in that cell in a
sum? For example i want to put 11.5* in B1, 11.5 in b2, 15 in b3 and add the
3 numbers togteher excluding the astreick in b4) Thank you