Green Triangle in Cell

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M. B. Collins

What does it mean when a small green triangle appears in the upper left hand
corner of a cell ? If this is an error, how do I correct it ?
 
B

Bryan Hessey

You have an option selected in Tools, Options Settings, to 'enabl
background error checking'

This attempts to let you know of suspect items as listed.

Untick this box to remove the checkin
 
B

Ben Milam

Bryan Hessey said:
You have an option selected in Tools, Options Settings, to 'enable
background error checking'

This attempts to let you know of suspect items as listed.

Untick this box to remove the checking
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B

Ben Milam

Bryan Hessey said:
You have an option selected in Tools, Options Settings, to 'enable
background error checking'

This attempts to let you know of suspect items as listed.

Untick this box to remove the checking


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What causes the triangle? It causes problems in sorting as Excel does not recognize the contents as intended.
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Ben Milam
 
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Gord Dibben

Generally if you click on the green triangle it will tell you what the error is.

If your data is not sorting correctly, could be that what looks like numbers is
actually text.

Format as General then copy an empty cell.

Select the data and Paste Special>Add>OK>Esc


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
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