Excel won't show zero in cell?!

IRSteve

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I've had this happen on a few sheets in some of my excel workbooks. Basically if I enter or have a formula that needs to show a 0 (zero), the cell comes up blank.

I've tried changing the Number category/format to no avail.

Anyone know how to fix this?

thanks!
 

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Depending on what version of Excel you have, you could check the settings in Tools/Options/View and make sure that the Zero Values checkbox is ticked.
 
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ahh, that was it!

is there a reason why some sheets in a workbook would have that disabled and others would have it enabled?

how would it get disabled anyway?

thanks!!
 
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wait, now it shows 0 instead of blank text for formulas that should show blank text...

Show the formula causing the problem.
 
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I fixed it using an if statement and ISBLANK. it was a for an array look up.

sorry to have bothered you with that. thanks for the help!
 
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