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Cells Appear Blank but aren't
Why do the cells in Excel sometimes appear blank but in the function line it
shows that it has info in it? -- Jennifer |
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Cells Appear Blank but aren't
Perhaps the formula is returning a blank.
-- __________________________________ HTH Bob "Jennifer" wrote in message ... Why do the cells in Excel sometimes appear blank but in the function line it shows that it has info in it? -- Jennifer |
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Hi,
Maybe the cell has a formula that's evaluating as a null string. For example =if(a1="","",A1) this will show as empty until you enter a value in a1 Mike "Jennifer" wrote: Why do the cells in Excel sometimes appear blank but in the function line it shows that it has info in it? -- Jennifer |
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Jennifer wrote...
Why do the cells in Excel sometimes appear blank but in the function line it shows that it has info in it? Simplest way: type 1 or more spaces into a cell. If there doesn't appear to be even spaces in a cell, but Excel treats the cell as though it contains something, this can happen when cells with formulas evaluating to "" are pasted as values into other cells. You could use conditional formatting to visually identify cells containing spaces or zero-length strings using the condition formula =AND(ISTEXT(A1),LEN(TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(160)," "))=0) and setting the background color to something unusual. |
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What type of info is in the formula bar?
Maybe a formula that returns blank if a condition is not met? =IF(A1<12,"",A1) would look blank if A1 was not 12 Or possibly the cells have been custom formatted with 3 semi-colons ;;; which will leave cells looking blank. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:05 -0700, Jennifer wrote: Why do the cells in Excel sometimes appear blank but in the function line it shows that it has info in it? |
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Hi.
And it could be that the text color is simply the same color as the background. In a new worksheet, type anything in cell A1. Then format the text color to white. It will appear empty. Regards, Justin |
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