Why =A1 remains as =A1 instead of filling cell with value in A1?

[CAEE]

My spreadsheet had working assignments using =[celldesignation]. Now if I
change to another cell, instead of seeing the contents of A1, I see =A1, as
though Excel thinks this is supposed to be a text string instead of an
assignment.

My email is (e-mail address removed). I am trying to figure out how to
correct this in the microsoft community.

 

[Pranav Vaidya]

Hi Caee,

Your worksheet view has a problem.
Go to Tools-->Options-->View
make sure option 'Formulas' is not selected or unchecked.

There is a toggle key for this also.
If you press CTRL and ~ (this is the key on the left of number 1), you can
hide/unhide formula view.

 

[JMB]

another possibility is the cell is formatted as text. if so, change the cell
format to general then select the cell, hit F2, then enter.

Hi Caee,

Your worksheet view has a problem.
Go to Tools-->Options-->View
make sure option 'Formulas' is not selected or unchecked.

There is a toggle key for this also.
If you press CTRL and ~ (this is the key on the left of number 1), you can
hide/unhide formula view.

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Pranav Vaidya
VBA Developer
PN, MH-India
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My spreadsheet had working assignments using =[celldesignation]. Now if I
change to another cell, instead of seeing the contents of A1, I see =A1, as
though Excel thinks this is supposed to be a text string instead of an
assignment.

My email is (e-mail address removed). I am trying to figure out how to
correct this in the microsoft community.