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bruces girl

excel question
 
i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of number signs?

Ms-Exl-Learner

excel question
 
Place the cursor on that particular cell and Do right clickFormat
CellsNumberCategorySelect Number and give Ok.

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!
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(Ms-Exl-Learner)
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"bruces girl" wrote:

i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of number signs?


bruces girl[_2_]

excel question
 
that helped so much i could kiss u i have been fighting with this for over 2
hours now !! my only problem is that when i try to total all the net pays for
the 6 employees it is still coming up as those number signs even when i
change the format ... but the rest are fixed THANK U SO SO MUCH!!!

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Place the cursor on that particular cell and Do right clickFormat
CellsNumberCategorySelect Number and give Ok.

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!
--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of number signs?


Ms-Exl-Learner

excel question
 
Have you tried selecting all the cells (cells in which you are getting #####)
and formatting those cells with Number format?

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!

--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

that helped so much i could kiss u i have been fighting with this for over 2
hours now !! my only problem is that when i try to total all the net pays for
the 6 employees it is still coming up as those number signs even when i
change the format ... but the rest are fixed THANK U SO SO MUCH!!!

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Place the cursor on that particular cell and Do right clickFormat
CellsNumberCategorySelect Number and give Ok.

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!
--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of number signs?


bruces girl[_2_]

excel question
 
yes i tried ... it worked for all of them but the total ... i can't put it in
anything but number format ...its required to bein currency but oh well at
least its showing actual numerals now thank you so much for all your help ...
i have never used excel before this class and hope after this week to never
ever see it again lol

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Have you tried selecting all the cells (cells in which you are getting #####)
and formatting those cells with Number format?

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!

--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

that helped so much i could kiss u i have been fighting with this for over 2
hours now !! my only problem is that when i try to total all the net pays for
the 6 employees it is still coming up as those number signs even when i
change the format ... but the rest are fixed THANK U SO SO MUCH!!!

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Place the cursor on that particular cell and Do right clickFormat
CellsNumberCategorySelect Number and give Ok.

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!
--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of number signs?


Ms-Exl-Learner

excel question
 
You're Welcome and thanks for feeding back!

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!

--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

yes i tried ... it worked for all of them but the total ... i can't put it in
anything but number format ...its required to bein currency but oh well at
least its showing actual numerals now thank you so much for all your help ...
i have never used excel before this class and hope after this week to never
ever see it again lol

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Have you tried selecting all the cells (cells in which you are getting #####)
and formatting those cells with Number format?

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!

--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

that helped so much i could kiss u i have been fighting with this for over 2
hours now !! my only problem is that when i try to total all the net pays for
the 6 employees it is still coming up as those number signs even when i
change the format ... but the rest are fixed THANK U SO SO MUCH!!!

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Place the cursor on that particular cell and Do right clickFormat
CellsNumberCategorySelect Number and give Ok.

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!
--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of number signs?


Don Guillett

excel question
 
Have you tried WIDENING the column

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"bruces girl" wrote in message
...
yes i tried ... it worked for all of them but the total ... i can't put it
in
anything but number format ...its required to bein currency but oh well at
least its showing actual numerals now thank you so much for all your help
...
i have never used excel before this class and hope after this week to
never
ever see it again lol

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Have you tried selecting all the cells (cells in which you are getting
#####)
and formatting those cells with Number format?

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!

--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

that helped so much i could kiss u i have been fighting with this for
over 2
hours now !! my only problem is that when i try to total all the net
pays for
the 6 employees it is still coming up as those number signs even when i
change the format ... but the rest are fixed THANK U SO SO MUCH!!!

"Ms-Exl-Learner" wrote:

Place the cursor on that particular cell and Do right clickFormat
CellsNumberCategorySelect Number and give Ok.

Remember to Click Yes, if this post helps!
--------------------
(Ms-Exl-Learner)
--------------------


"bruces girl" wrote:

i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay
on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross
pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the
net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct
total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of
number signs?



JLatham

excel question
 
Make the column wider - typically ##### means that there is a number in the
cell, but the column/cell isn't wide enough to display it.

"bruces girl" wrote:

i am writing a paper for school and i have to calculate the net pay on a
spreadsheet. the formula my professor wants me to use is gross pay -(
federal tax+state tax)
i used formuia =e3-(f3+g3) and it produces a series of #### in the net pay
category however if i hover over them it pops up with the correct total ..
how do i make it show the total in the box not just a series of number signs?



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