Cell shows formula only, will not calculate

htchandler

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I have some summing formulas that are not actually calculating, they just leave the formula. If I take the cell above it and copy it down, then the cell calculates, it's just the wrong cells that are being analyzed at that point. Does anyone know what the resolution is for this? There was a previous solution posted regarding "text to columns" but that just caused more problems. Any other recommendations? I'm using excel 2007.
 

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I have some summing formulas that are not actually calculating, they just leave the formula. If I take the cell above it and copy it down, then the cell calculates, it's just the wrong cells that are being analyzed at that point. Does anyone know what the resolution is for this? There was a previous solution posted regarding "text to columns" but that just caused more problems. Any other recommendations? I'm using excel 2007.
It may be that the cells are formatted as TEXT.

Change the cell format to General then, with the cell still selected, hit function key F2 then hit Enter.
 
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