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MS Excel showing the formula in a cell instead of the resulting value

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excel sheet showing the 3 cells with formula instead of value

The above image shows 3 cells containing the formula instead of the value; The first cell is under PHP Hourly Rate, the second is under Name and the third is the Invoice Sub Total. However, the values will show after I double click the cell then press enter. Why is this happening? I am using Excel VBA on Excel 2013.

Thanks.

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clintgh Avatar asked Jun 20 '14 09:06

clintgh


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2 Answers

Make sure that...

  • There's an = sign before the formula
  • There's no white space before the = sign
  • There are no quotes around the formula (must be =A1, instead of "=A1")
  • You're not in formula view (hit Ctrl + ` to switch between modes)
  • The cell format is set to General instead of Text
  • If simply changing the format doesn't work, hit F2, Enter
  • Undoing actions (CTRL+Z) back until the value shows again and then simply redoing all those actions with CTRL-Y also worked for some users
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2 revs Avatar answered Nov 16 '22 00:11

2 revs


If you are using Excel 2013 Than do the following File > Option > Advanced > Under Display options for this worksheet: uncheck the checkbox before Show formulas in cells instead of their calculated results This should resolve the issue.

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shezi Avatar answered Nov 16 '22 01:11

shezi