Formula is entered but will not display result
 

This is elementary, I think, and I know it's happened to me before but I
can't remember what the problem was. I have a simple formula:

='Different Worksheet'!$R13

The formula is copied on several worksheets, and I need to go through
and update the row number. It displays the result of the above until I
change the row number, and then it displays the actual formula instead
of the result. Any idea why it won't pull the result??

Perplexed,
Amy


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Formula is entered but will not display result
 

1. clear the cell
2. format the cell as general (not text)
3. re-type the formula (not paste)

Excel may be treating your formula as a text string.
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"webee33" wrote:


This is elementary, I think, and I know it's happened to me before but I
can't remember what the problem was. I have a simple formula:

='Different Worksheet'!$R13

The formula is copied on several worksheets, and I need to go through
and update the row number. It displays the result of the above until I
change the row number, and then it displays the actual formula instead
of the result. Any idea why it won't pull the result??

Perplexed,
Amy


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Formula is entered but will not display result
 

make sure that the cell isnt formatted as text.
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"webee33" wrote:


This is elementary, I think, and I know it's happened to me before but I
can't remember what the problem was. I have a simple formula:

='Different Worksheet'!$R13

The formula is copied on several worksheets, and I need to go through
and update the row number. It displays the result of the above until I
change the row number, and then it displays the actual formula instead
of the result. Any idea why it won't pull the result??

Perplexed,
Amy


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