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Default I am entering date in Excel when I hit enter a formula appears?

I have cleared everything is the cell, etc. Nothing has worked.

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Default I am entering date in Excel when I hit enter a formula appears?

Are you including the leading = character when you enter your
date? You should not.


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Default I am entering date in Excel when I hit enter a formula appears?

ToolsOptionsTransition.

Uncheck the Transition Formula Entry box.

Uncheck the other two boxes while in there. No need for these unless you want
to emulate Lotus.


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Default I am entering date in Excel when I hit enter a formula appears

This is what I am entering
19205E00043 when I hit enter that is what I get 192E+50

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Are you including the leading = character when you enter your
date? You should not.


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Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
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www.cpearson.com


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I have cleared everything is the cell, etc. Nothing has worked.

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Default I am entering date in Excel when I hit enter a formula appears

19205E00043 doesn't look like any sort of date. The 'E' in the
data indicates "power of 10" so Excel is interpreting the data as
19205*10^43.


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This is what I am entering
19205E00043 when I hit enter that is what I get 192E+50

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Are you including the leading = character when you enter your
date? You should not.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"Sun Devil" <Sun wrote in
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I have cleared everything is the cell, etc. Nothing has
worked.

Please advise.






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