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From: slhaye on 18 May 2010 15:49 When I type in the VLookup formula and hit enter, the cell will not display the result - it displays the formula. Then, when I copy it to the cells below, none of the cell references change. Here is the formula: =VLOOKUP(C2,Sheet1!A:B,2,false) I made this same formula in an older file and it worked fine. Why won't it work in this new spreadsheet? I think something happened to the settings, but I don't know where to go to fix it.
From: Dave Peterson on 18 May 2010 16:00 If you're seeing the formula and not the results of the formula, it could be: 1. The cell is formatted as Text. Reformat the cell as General (or anything but text) Hit F2, then Enter to "re-enter" the formula. 2. You're looking at formulas. In xl2003 menus, tools|Options|View tab|Uncheck Formulas In any version of excel, hit: ctrl-` (ctrl-backquote, the key to the left of the 1/! on my USA keyboard) On 05/18/2010 14:49, slhaye wrote: > When I type in the VLookup formula and hit enter, the cell will not display > the result - it displays the formula. Then, when I copy it to the cells > below, none of the cell references change. > > Here is the formula: =VLOOKUP(C2,Sheet1!A:B,2,false) > > I made this same formula in an older file and it worked fine. Why won't it > work in this new spreadsheet? I think something happened to the settings, > but I don't know where to go to fix it.
From: Gord Dibben on 18 May 2010 16:16 Couple of possibles. 1. The cell was pre-formatted as Text. Format to General and re-enter. 2. You are in Formula View. Hit CRTL + `(backquote above Tab key) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 18 May 2010 12:49:01 -0700, slhaye <slhaye(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >When I type in the VLookup formula and hit enter, the cell will not display >the result - it displays the formula. Then, when I copy it to the cells >below, none of the cell references change. > >Here is the formula: =VLOOKUP(C2,Sheet1!A:B,2,false) > >I made this same formula in an older file and it worked fine. Why won't it >work in this new spreadsheet? I think something happened to the settings, >but I don't know where to go to fix it.
From: MimiS on 18 May 2010 16:33 The cell is probably formatted as text. reformat to General or number. hit F2 and enter and it should produce result of formula. "slhaye" wrote: > When I type in the VLookup formula and hit enter, the cell will not display > the result - it displays the formula. Then, when I copy it to the cells > below, none of the cell references change. > > Here is the formula: =VLOOKUP(C2,Sheet1!A:B,2,false) > > I made this same formula in an older file and it worked fine. Why won't it > work in this new spreadsheet? I think something happened to the settings, > but I don't know where to go to fix it.
From: slhaye on 18 May 2010 17:02
I did have it formatted correctly. When you suggested to hit F2 - - it worked! Thank you!! "MimiS" wrote: > The cell is probably formatted as text. reformat to General or number. hit > F2 and enter and it should produce result of formula. > > "slhaye" wrote: > > > When I type in the VLookup formula and hit enter, the cell will not display > > the result - it displays the formula. Then, when I copy it to the cells > > below, none of the cell references change. > > > > Here is the formula: =VLOOKUP(C2,Sheet1!A:B,2,false) > > > > I made this same formula in an older file and it worked fine. Why won't it > > work in this new spreadsheet? I think something happened to the settings, > > but I don't know where to go to fix it. |