Typed in value changes?
Hi Folks ,
I am sure that I must have done something screwy and changed some options around but I have not been able to figure out what the problem is. The issue is that whenever I type a value into a cell it automatically divides that number by 100 and that is the value that is then displayed in the cell (ie typing 3 into the cell results in 0.03 being displayed). This just happened all of a sudden and it does not matter if I am in a file I previously created or a new file and it does not matter what column or row I type the value in. It is worth noting that if I open up previously created files their values are all "intact". I have tried changing the format to pretty much everything, I have even set it to "Number" and set decimal places to 0, and hit OK and it still will show the value as 1% of whatever I typed in. Sorry if this is a stupid mistake but I just cannot figure out the way around it. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Matt |
Typed in value changes?
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Uncheck "fixed decimal places". A great function if you want to enter numbers without adding a decimal point, but none too practical for most of us. Apparently, accountants like it. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:38:01 -0700, Matt Alonso wrote: Hi Folks , I am sure that I must have done something screwy and changed some options around but I have not been able to figure out what the problem is. The issue is that whenever I type a value into a cell it automatically divides that number by 100 and that is the value that is then displayed in the cell (ie typing 3 into the cell results in 0.03 being displayed). This just happened all of a sudden and it does not matter if I am in a file I previously created or a new file and it does not matter what column or row I type the value in. It is worth noting that if I open up previously created files their values are all "intact". I have tried changing the format to pretty much everything, I have even set it to "Number" and set decimal places to 0, and hit OK and it still will show the value as 1% of whatever I typed in. Sorry if this is a stupid mistake but I just cannot figure out the way around it. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Matt |
Typed in value changes?
Hey Gord,
Thanks very much for the reply, that solved the problem. Sorry for the double post by the way, I kept getting service unavailable errors so I assumed the post had not gone through the first time. Cheers, Matt |
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