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Default What is the meaning of the plus sign in "=+A1"?

It has no meaning. It is just a leftover from old Lotus spreadsheets. They
used to have to start formulas with a + sign. Excel allows users to still do
this, but it has absolutely no effect on the formula.

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Elkar




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