Re: HOW DO YOU TYPE - OR + IN EXCEL WITHOUT CREATING A FORMULA?

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Hello, Marcelo!
You wrote on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:03:02 -0700:

M> format the cell as text or type " ' " (no quotes) before the
M> + or - etc.

M> hth
M> -- M> regards from Brazil
M> Thanks in advance for your feedback.
M> Marcelo

M> "jools" escreveu:

??>> How do you type +, - etc in a cell without Excel
??>> automatically assuming that you want to create a formula?

The advice to use ....'.... is obviously correct but when does the problem arise? I was interested enough to see what happens so I typed

I just want see + or -

into a general cell in a new worksheet. What I typed is what I got so I wonder if the problem is not with embedded operators but perhaps those at the beginning.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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