formula in cell not showing result

hi,

i am typing a formular in a cell but instead of showing the result it is
showing the formula....how can i change the cell format to show the result???

thanks, leolin

It's possible the cell has been formatted as text, hence
your formula is not calculting. If so, do this:

1. Select the cell.
2. Press <Ctrl><Shift><~>. (short for formatting as
General)
3. Press F2.
4. Press <Enter>.

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

>-----Original Message-----
>hi,
>
>i am typing a formular in a cell but instead of showing
the result it is
>showing the formula....how can i change the cell format
to show the result???
>
>thanks, leolin
>.
>

"Jason Morin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...


> 2. Press <Ctrl><Shift><~>. (short for formatting as General)

Nice tip!

It's part of this family of shortcuts:

[Ctrl][Shift][~] applies the General number format.



[Ctrl][Shift][$] applies the Currency number format with two decimal places
and negative values in parentheses.



[Ctrl][Shift][%] applies the Percentage number format with no decimal
places.



[Ctrl][Shift][^] applies the Scientific number format with two decimal
places.



[Ctrl][Shift][#] applies the Date format in the form 15-Mar-04.



[Ctrl][Shift][@] applies the Time format in the form 12:00 AM.



[Ctrl][Shift][!] applies the Number format with two decimal places,
thousands separator, and minus sign (-) for negative values.
--

Regards,

RD
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"Bob Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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"Jason Morin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 2. Press <Ctrl><Shift><~>. (short for formatting as General)

Nice tip!

Yeah, I found most of those by playing after seeing Jason's post, I just
didn't know you could apply a format with the keyboard.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"RagDyeR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It's part of this family of shortcuts:
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][~] applies the General number format.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][$] applies the Currency number format with two decimal
places
> and negative values in parentheses.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][%] applies the Percentage number format with no decimal
> places.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][^] applies the Scientific number format with two decimal
> places.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][#] applies the Date format in the form 15-Mar-04.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][@] applies the Time format in the form 12:00 AM.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][!] applies the Number format with two decimal places,
> thousands separator, and minus sign (-) for negative values.
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> RD
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> "Bob Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> "Jason Morin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
> > 2. Press <Ctrl><Shift><~>. (short for formatting as General)
>
> Nice tip!
>
>
>

Allow me to bring up a side issue.

Recently (past 6 weeks), I've noticed that I'm not able to see the *entire*
thread in several cases each day in my O.E.
Also, I've noticed that other folks will post an almost exact suggestion
*hours* after the initial suggestion was posted by someone else, leading me
to believe that they (second poster) was not aware (couldn't see entire
thread) of the initial suggestion.

Your comment to Jason (nice tip), made me think that perhaps I'm not the
only person missing parts of threads, because I used that same suggestion in
a thread that you were part of.back on March 6.

http://tinyurl.com/3odc7

Maybe my post didn't come through to your machine.
I'm wondering if you are also experiencing the losing of posts.

Is this perhaps a problem with the MS servers, or with O.E., since I see
that you also use O.E.?
--

Regards,

RD
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"Bob Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:e2MLw%[email protected]...
Yeah, I found most of those by playing after seeing Jason's post, I just
didn't know you could apply a format with the keyboard.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"RagDyeR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It's part of this family of shortcuts:
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][~] applies the General number format.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][$] applies the Currency number format with two decimal
places
> and negative values in parentheses.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][%] applies the Percentage number format with no decimal
> places.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][^] applies the Scientific number format with two decimal
> places.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][#] applies the Date format in the form 15-Mar-04.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][@] applies the Time format in the form 12:00 AM.
>
>
>
> [Ctrl][Shift][!] applies the Number format with two decimal places,
> thousands separator, and minus sign (-) for negative values.
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> RD
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> "Bob Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> "Jason Morin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
> > 2. Press <Ctrl><Shift><~>. (short for formatting as General)
>
> Nice tip!
>
>
>

"RagDyer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Allow me to bring up a side issue.
>
> Recently (past 6 weeks), I've noticed that I'm not able to see the
*entire*
> thread in several cases each day in my O.E.
> Also, I've noticed that other folks will post an almost exact suggestion
> *hours* after the initial suggestion was posted by someone else, leading
me
> to believe that they (second poster) was not aware (couldn't see entire
> thread) of the initial suggestion.

I came to that conclusion many months, maybe even years, ago. Often I may do
a Find in OE for a particular person, and it will throw up entries that I
cannot see in the NG thread. And how many times do you see someone saying
that they posted again because they didn't see their originalpost.

I often resort to Google to try and get a complete thread.

>
> Your comment to Jason (nice tip), made me think that perhaps I'm not the
> only person missing parts of threads, because I used that same suggestion
in
> a thread that you were part of.back on March 6.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3odc7
>
> Maybe my post didn't come through to your machine.
> I'm wondering if you are also experiencing the losing of posts.

Could be that but it could be a couple of other things. Could just be that
my old brain read it and forgot it (I certainly won't forget this one now
:-). Also, I only watch some threads, even of those I join in on, and only
read some replies if I am not contributing or re-contributing. But there are
some people that I monitor in the NGs because I feel that they have an
interesting slant. Jason is one of these in WorksheetFunctions, and so if he
posts to a thread that I watching, then I will read it. So I read Jason's
reply whereas I may have missed an identical reply from someone else.

> Is this perhaps a problem with the MS servers, or with O.E., since I see
> that you also use O.E.?

Indeed I am, and all of my excuses don't deflect from your main point. I do
also experience the missing posts.

Thanks for the verification of "missing posts".

Just this morning, have 2 answers with the OPs missing!
--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Bob Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

"RagDyer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Allow me to bring up a side issue.
>
> Recently (past 6 weeks), I've noticed that I'm not able to see the
*entire*
> thread in several cases each day in my O.E.
> Also, I've noticed that other folks will post an almost exact suggestion
> *hours* after the initial suggestion was posted by someone else, leading
me
> to believe that they (second poster) was not aware (couldn't see entire
> thread) of the initial suggestion.

I came to that conclusion many months, maybe even years, ago. Often I may do
a Find in OE for a particular person, and it will throw up entries that I
cannot see in the NG thread. And how many times do you see someone saying
that they posted again because they didn't see their originalpost.

I often resort to Google to try and get a complete thread.

>
> Your comment to Jason (nice tip), made me think that perhaps I'm not the
> only person missing parts of threads, because I used that same suggestion
in
> a thread that you were part of.back on March 6.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3odc7
>
> Maybe my post didn't come through to your machine.
> I'm wondering if you are also experiencing the losing of posts.

Could be that but it could be a couple of other things. Could just be that
my old brain read it and forgot it (I certainly won't forget this one now
:-). Also, I only watch some threads, even of those I join in on, and only
read some replies if I am not contributing or re-contributing. But there are
some people that I monitor in the NGs because I feel that they have an
interesting slant. Jason is one of these in WorksheetFunctions, and so if he
posts to a thread that I watching, then I will read it. So I read Jason's
reply whereas I may have missed an identical reply from someone else.

> Is this perhaps a problem with the MS servers, or with O.E., since I see
> that you also use O.E.?

Indeed I am, and all of my excuses don't deflect from your main point. I do
also experience the missing posts.

type the formula as it apprears in your worksheet - please

I also remember why I do this Find. Often I see a comment saying something
like '' according to the reply by Dave ...', and I can't see the reply from
Dave. Happens far too often.

Bob


"RagDyeR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks for the verification of "missing posts".
>
> Just this morning, have 2 answers with the OPs missing!
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> RD
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Bob Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> "RagDyer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Allow me to bring up a side issue.
> >
> > Recently (past 6 weeks), I've noticed that I'm not able to see the
> *entire*
> > thread in several cases each day in my O.E.
> > Also, I've noticed that other folks will post an almost exact suggestion
> > *hours* after the initial suggestion was posted by someone else, leading
> me
> > to believe that they (second poster) was not aware (couldn't see entire
> > thread) of the initial suggestion.
>
> I came to that conclusion many months, maybe even years, ago. Often I may
do
> a Find in OE for a particular person, and it will throw up entries that I
> cannot see in the NG thread. And how many times do you see someone saying
> that they posted again because they didn't see their originalpost.
>
> I often resort to Google to try and get a complete thread.
>
> >
> > Your comment to Jason (nice tip), made me think that perhaps I'm not the
> > only person missing parts of threads, because I used that same
suggestion
> in
> > a thread that you were part of.back on March 6.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/3odc7
> >
> > Maybe my post didn't come through to your machine.
> > I'm wondering if you are also experiencing the losing of posts.
>
> Could be that but it could be a couple of other things. Could just be
that
> my old brain read it and forgot it (I certainly won't forget this one now
> :-). Also, I only watch some threads, even of those I join in on, and only
> read some replies if I am not contributing or re-contributing. But there
are
> some people that I monitor in the NGs because I feel that they have an
> interesting slant. Jason is one of these in WorksheetFunctions, and so if
he
> posts to a thread that I watching, then I will read it. So I read Jason's
> reply whereas I may have missed an identical reply from someone else.
>
> > Is this perhaps a problem with the MS servers, or with O.E., since I see
> > that you also use O.E.?
>
> Indeed I am, and all of my excuses don't deflect from your main point. I
do
> also experience the missing posts.
>
>
>