Linda, will get back to you after I finish this project about the brackets thing, I was obvously doing something wrong. However, client has a wierd request for formatting of numbers... He wants a null field to have a - in it (which is easy) however, he ALSO wants to display the figures (if they exist) in comma separated format i.e. 50,000 in lieu of 50000 , any ideas on this format situation?? Been a long time since I have worked this size sheet, grin it's over 3 meg in size and he does not want a database, wants it in spreadsheet. CB Linda F. Johnson wrote: >Hmmm...that's a weird one...I use Excel 2003 too and it sure doesn't throw >any brackets into that formula when I use it. Wonder why that's happening? > > >Linda >Linda's Computer Stop >http://personal-computer-tutor.com >ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials >*all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like >it came from me, it did NOT! > >-----Original Message----- >From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >Of cb >Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:14 PM >To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [mso] Re: Excell > >Thanks All, think I have it now, am using 2003 excell and it was >throwing some brackets in there with other references, when I took them >out and tried it things worked... >CB > > > >************************************************************* >You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or >MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in >the subject line. > >Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also >allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). >//www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > >To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a >request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation >with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here >to upload/download files: >http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles >************************************************************* > > > ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************