I am entering date in Excel when I hit enter a formula appears?

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Gord Dibben

Tools>Options>Transition.

Uncheck the Transition Formula Entry box.

Uncheck the other two boxes while in there. No need for these unless you want
to emulate Lotus.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:29:03 -0700, Sun Devil <Sun
 
S

Sun Devil

This is what I am entering
19205E00043 when I hit enter that is what I get 192E+50
 
C

Chip Pearson

19205E00043 doesn't look like any sort of date. The 'E' in the
data indicates "power of 10" so Excel is interpreting the data as
19205*10^43.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
 

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