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Default In Excel a cell formatted "currency" shows "######" help!

I have formatted currency cells but in some when entering an amount "######"
this fills the cell once I press enter. The same amounts are input fine into
other cells. I have tried to reformat but that is not the porblem. What do
I do?
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Have you tried widening the column?
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I have formatted currency cells but in some when entering an amount
"######"
this fills the cell once I press enter. The same amounts are input fine
into
other cells. I have tried to reformat but that is not the porblem. What
do
I do?



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Hi there,

If you read the Help files, the two causes for the "#######" is either the
column width is not wide enough to support the characters displayed in the
cell or a negative time value.

HTH

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I have formatted currency cells but in some when entering an amount
"######"
this fills the cell once I press enter. The same amounts are input fine
into
other cells. I have tried to reformat but that is not the porblem. What
do
I do?



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