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HOW DO I CORRECT A CONDITION IN WHICH ALL FORMULAS ACT LIKE TEXT?
I RECENTLY RECEIVED AN E-MAIL WITH A ZIPPED EXCEL WORKBOOK ATTACHED, WHICH I
SAVED IN EXCEL. APPARENTLY ALL OF THE FORMULAS IN THIS WORKBOOK WERE CONVERTED TO TEXT. NOW EVERY EXCEL WORKSHEET THAT I OPEN OR CREATE ACTS AS THOUGH ALL FORMULAS ARE TEXT. I.E., I ENTER A FORMULA IN THE FIRST COLUMN AND TRY TO DRAG IT TO SUBSEQUENT COLUMNS. THE SUBSEQUENT COLUMNS CONTAIN THE FORMULA AS TEXT. DRAGGING THE FORMULA FROM THE INITIAL COLUMN ENTRY COPIES THE VALUE OF THE RESULT OF THAT COLUMN TO ALL OTHER COLUMNS. IF THE SAME FORMULA IS ENTERED IN ALL COLUMNS, ENTERING ADDITIONAL DATA IN A COLUMN DOES NOT CHANGE THE TOTAL. IT IS NECESSARY TO REENTER THE SAME FORMULA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN AGAIN IN ORDER TO GET THE INSERTED ADDITIONAL DATA TO BE REFLECTED IN THE SUM. |
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DO YOU HAVE CALCULATION SET TO MANUAL? And please don't type in ALL CAPS;
it's considered rude and is hard to read. ------ Vasant "CHERYLZ" wrote in message ... I RECENTLY RECEIVED AN E-MAIL WITH A ZIPPED EXCEL WORKBOOK ATTACHED, WHICH I SAVED IN EXCEL. APPARENTLY ALL OF THE FORMULAS IN THIS WORKBOOK WERE CONVERTED TO TEXT. NOW EVERY EXCEL WORKSHEET THAT I OPEN OR CREATE ACTS AS THOUGH ALL FORMULAS ARE TEXT. I.E., I ENTER A FORMULA IN THE FIRST COLUMN AND TRY TO DRAG IT TO SUBSEQUENT COLUMNS. THE SUBSEQUENT COLUMNS CONTAIN THE FORMULA AS TEXT. DRAGGING THE FORMULA FROM THE INITIAL COLUMN ENTRY COPIES THE VALUE OF THE RESULT OF THAT COLUMN TO ALL OTHER COLUMNS. IF THE SAME FORMULA IS ENTERED IN ALL COLUMNS, ENTERING ADDITIONAL DATA IN A COLUMN DOES NOT CHANGE THE TOTAL. IT IS NECESSARY TO REENTER THE SAME FORMULA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN AGAIN IN ORDER TO GET THE INSERTED ADDITIONAL DATA TO BE REFLECTED IN THE SUM. |
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