Date format changes to formula

M

Macnutt

Got a weird one. I set the date format in a cell. Then if I type the date in
mm/dd/yy format it coverts to a formula. It looks like this in the cell:
01/00/00 and the formula bar show this: =10/19/6

I've tried setting all different date formats but it is still spontaneously
switching to a formula and not displaying as a date.

Ideas?
 
G

Gord Dibben

Tools>Options>Transition.

Uncheck the all three Transition options.

i.e. navigation, formula evaluation, formula entry.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
S

Sandy

What date format did you set it to....
just to make sure you are not typing in the equal sign in correct?
 
M

Macnutt

Thanks a million, that worked perfectly!


Gord Dibben said:
Tools>Options>Transition.

Uncheck the all three Transition options.

i.e. navigation, formula evaluation, formula entry.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
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