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[OKY]

I need to enter a text in A1 if i enter text in B1.
In other words, if I enter any text in B2 I want A1 to display "OPEN"

Thank you for your help.

 

[Sean Timmons]

in A1:

=IF(istext(B1),"OPEN","")

 

[Gord Dibben]

=IF(B1="","","OPEN")

I don't know how B2 got into the picture but maybe a typo?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Niek Otten]

If you really mean text and not numbers:

in A1:

=IF(ISTEXT(B1),"OPEN","")

But if you mean anything at all instead of just text:

=IF(B1="","","OPEN")