Excel 2003 - Formula result shows as 0:00
 

I have a problem occurring on a number of spreadsheets that I use regularly.
For some reason, the formula results are not updating correctly and are
showing the result as 0:00. All columns are formatted as [h]:mm.

Formula as shown =IF(C12<"",+C11-C12,"") appears in D12. This is the same
formula as rows above but rows above show correct result whereas D12 and
subsequent rows show only zero.

If I do an F2 and F9, the correct result shows in the Formula Editing bar so
formula is working correctly. I have tried copying both formula and cell
formatting from previous rows which do display their result correctly but
still doesn't fix the problem.

Options are set to Automatic Recalculation, doing extra recalcs has no
effect. One affected spreadsheet seems to have fixed itself when I closed
and reopened it.

Any assistance would be much appreciated

Hi
check that the cell is not formated as 'Text'. If it is: Change the
format to 'General (or your custom format) and re-enter the formula

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Serena" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I have a problem occurring on a number of spreadsheets that I use
regularly.
For some reason, the formula results are not updating correctly and
are
showing the result as 0:00. All columns are formatted as [h]:mm.

Formula as shown =IF(C12<"",+C11-C12,"") appears in D12. This is
the same
formula as rows above but rows above show correct result whereas D12
and
subsequent rows show only zero.

If I do an F2 and F9, the correct result shows in the Formula Editing
bar so
formula is working correctly. I have tried copying both formula and
cell
formatting from previous rows which do display their result correctly
but
still doesn't fix the problem.

Options are set to Automatic Recalculation, doing extra recalcs has
no
effect. One affected spreadsheet seems to have fixed itself when I
closed
and reopened it.

Any assistance would be much appreciated

All cells involved in the formula are formatted as [h]:mm

"Frank Kabel" wrote:

Hi
check that the cell is not formated as 'Text'. If it is: Change the
format to 'General (or your custom format) and re-enter the formula

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Serena" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
I have a problem occurring on a number of spreadsheets that I use
regularly.
For some reason, the formula results are not updating correctly and
are
showing the result as 0:00. All columns are formatted as [h]:mm.

Formula as shown =IF(C12<"",+C11-C12,"") appears in D12. This is
the same
formula as rows above but rows above show correct result whereas D12
and
subsequent rows show only zero.

If I do an F2 and F9, the correct result shows in the Formula Editing
bar so
formula is working correctly. I have tried copying both formula and
cell
formatting from previous rows which do display their result correctly
but
still doesn't fix the problem.

Options are set to Automatic Recalculation, doing extra recalcs has
no
effect. One affected spreadsheet seems to have fixed itself when I
closed
and reopened it.

Any assistance would be much appreciated

Hi
what is in C11:C12?

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Serena" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
All cells involved in the formula are formatted as [h]:mm

"Frank Kabel" wrote:

Hi
check that the cell is not formated as 'Text'. If it is: Change the
format to 'General (or your custom format) and re-enter the formula

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Serena" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
I have a problem occurring on a number of spreadsheets that I use
regularly.
For some reason, the formula results are not updating correctly
and
are
showing the result as 0:00. All columns are formatted as [h]:mm.

Formula as shown =IF(C12<"",+C11-C12,"") appears in D12. This
is
the same
formula as rows above but rows above show correct result whereas
D12
and
subsequent rows show only zero.

If I do an F2 and F9, the correct result shows in the Formula
Editing
bar so
formula is working correctly. I have tried copying both formula
and
cell
formatting from previous rows which do display their result
correctly
but
still doesn't fix the problem.

Options are set to Automatic Recalculation, doing extra recalcs
has
no
effect. One affected spreadsheet seems to have fixed itself when
I
closed
and reopened it.

Any assistance would be much appreciated

Can't remember which sheet I took that example from but details for one of
the sheets are as follows :-

C89 = 5:30:00 a.m. which displays as 5:30 because of the [h]:mm
D89 = 6:51:00 a.m. which displays as 6:51
E89 = =IF(C89 <"",IF(D89 <"",+D89-C89,"no finish time"),""), which gives a
result if I F2, F9 of 0.05625 but displays as 0:00

I've tried reformatting and recalcing E89 in various ways, but all give a
display of 0 in various forms.