If it's the entire spreadsheet that is behaving that way, press the Ctrl-~
(Ctrl-tilde) key combination. If it's a single cell or range of cells, they
are formatted as Text. Change their format to some Number format, using the
Format->Cells menu options
My formula calculation appears in the cell rather than the result/value- why
is this happening, and how can I stop this?
ThankI am not sure why it does it but when it happens to me, I highlight the cells that I want to put the formula in and select EDIT - CLEAR - ALL and then enter the formula and it works. You may have to re-do the formatting.