[mso] Re: 0 in spreadsheet

> I know it is a formatting problem ...

No, it's not really.  The formula has encountered an empty cell and makes 
the result zero to "help you".

> ... but I have tried to format as text or general and the 0 is 
> persistently there.

Formatting as text would actually stop the formula working at all.  Try 
formatting a cell as text, THEN type a formula into it.  You'll see the 
formula, not a result.

But formatting as text doesn't actually do anything until the next time you 
type into the cell.

Formattting as "general" is telling it how you want to see numeric values 
(i.e. with Excel deciding on the presentation of decimal places).

> Should I do this using conditional formatting (like using the ISERROR to
> "delete" N/A in a cell) or is there a more "normal" formatting that will
> do this?

I'm not sure that you really mean "conditional formatting" here.  ISERROR 
would be used in an IF clause.  And conditional formatting doesn't change 
what is displayed - just the fonts and colours used to display it.

You could use a custom format to provide a blank display of zeroes.

However, the norm is to use an IF clause

=IF(Sheet1!A16="","",Sheet1!A16)

Dave S 

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