Hi Dave, I think this could be the answer, it appears portions of the spreadsheet have been formatted to text. Many thanks H -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Smart Sent: 10 April 2008 11:56 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: MS Excel Calculations The only time I know of that it will do this is if you have a cell that is=20 formatted as text, and after that you type a formula into it. That new=20 entry will be treated as text, no matter what it is. Regards, Dave S ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Herbert Chitate" <herbertc@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:05 PM Subject: [mso] MS Excel Calculations > Hi All, > > Can anyone explain to me why some times Excel (2003) will sometimes just > decide that it's not going to do actual calculations, but will instead > show you the formula instead of the result, even though in > tools--->options---> you have not clicked on the option to show > formulas? > > Many thanks > > Herbert > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or=20 > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the > dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email=20 > address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso > > To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister=20 > group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow=20 > you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.:=20 > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for > FILE SHARING ONLY. > > If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your > email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix=20 > it: > http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm > *************************************************************=20 ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************