Richard, I use the following =if(a1<>"",value,a2) HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Howard Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:41 AM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] fORMULAS IN eXCEL 2007 Hi I would like to write an IF formula in excel. I know how to do IF statements, however I need to write one that refers to a null value - an empty cell. How is this written into a IF statement? The formula needs to say IF cell A1 is null, return value refer otherwise return what is written in cell A2 Hope that makes sense & I look forward to hearing from you Thanks Richard [cid:image001.jpg@01C9C9A1.9E5AACB0] [cid:image002.gif@01C9C9A1.9E5AACB0] Richard Howard European Marketing Manager rhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:njones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tel: (+44) 0161 333 2485 Mob: 07812 057290 Web: www.rentsmartworld.com<http://www.rentsmartworld.com/> 7th Floor Oakland House, Talbot Road, Manchester, M16 0PQ This correspondence is for the use of the named person only. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information or both. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this correspondence in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete it from your system. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient. Any opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the opinions of RentSmart Ltd ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email Rentsmart LTD, registered no. 3689086 England & Wales, 7th Floor, Oakland House, Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0PQ ______________________________________________________________________ ************************************************************* 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 ************************************************************* No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2081 - Release Date: 04/29/09 18:03:00 ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************