entering formulas in Excel 2007

[Charles]

I recently switched from Excel 2003 to Excel 2007. I am trying to use a
vlookup formula, however in the cell where I placed the vlookup formula I can
only see the typed out formula and not the response. I am sure that the “view
formula†button is off, and if I look the formula in the “view functionâ€
dialog box it shows the value that should be returned.
Does anyone have any ideas to what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

 

[Sheeloo]

Is this happening with one cell only or all cells where you have entered a
formula?

If this is happening with all cells then try pressing CTRL-~ once. This
toggles between showing the formula and its result.

 

[Charles]

This is only happening in the column that has the vlookup function. I do not
have problems with the other formulas on the worksheet.

 

[Sheeloo]

Can you send the file to me ([email protected])?

 

[Charles]

Thanks for your assistance on this, I was able to solve the problem, but I
still dont know why I was having problem. I was trying to enter the vlookup
function in column B when I was having the problem, on a fluke, I tried the
function in column N and it worked... pretty weird.

Again thank you very much for your help!!

 

[Fred Smith]

Sounds like column B is formatted as text. Try formatting the column as
General, then re-enter the formula.

Regards,
Fred.