First, make sure that you're not in 'Formula View'.
<Tools> <Options> <View> tab,
And under "Window Options", make sure 'Formulas' is
*Unchecked*.
If that's not the case, then you probably have the cell containing the
formula formatted to 'Text'.
You must change the cell format to "General"
*AND*, re-enter the formula by just clicking in the formula bar and hitting
<Enter>.
you can try clicking in the "bad" cell and then:
<Ctrl> <Shift> < ~ >
Then
<F2> <Enter>
Which is a keyboard shortcut for what was described above.
If you have a large number of these "bad" cells, you can change then en
masse.
Select the "bad" cells and,
<Edit> <Replace>
In "Find What", enter
=
And in "Replace With", enter
=
Then click "Replace All".
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HTH,
RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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I tried using the formula, but all I get back in the cell is the formula,
not
the revised text.