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Default Let me save/close EXCEL if a formula I put in has an error in it

Sometimes if I enter a formula in EXCEL and it has an error in it e.g.
incorrect syntax etc. I get frustrated especially if its a long formula and I
do not have the time at that moment to find out where the error is. To save
any other changes I have made, I have to delete the formula. I would like to
save the workbook with the incorrect formula intact so I can return to it and
fix it at a later date.
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When Excel refuses to take the formula and tells you something is wrong
acknowledge and hit OK then.............

Click in the formula bar and place an apostrophe left of the = sign.

This will turn the formula to a text string for later editing.


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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:21:01 -0700, Tony Borg
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Sometimes if I enter a formula in EXCEL and it has an error in it e.g.
incorrect syntax etc. I get frustrated especially if its a long formula and I
do not have the time at that moment to find out where the error is. To save
any other changes I have made, I have to delete the formula. I would like to
save the workbook with the incorrect formula intact so I can return to it and
fix it at a later date.


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