Excel Treating Formula As Text. If you find that only a single formula or formulas in a few cells are not working, the problem is not due to Show Formulas being enabled. There could be many reasons for Excel treating Formula as text. So let us go ahead and rule out many of these reasons.

Posted:, 08:46 PM Hi Donny - Take a look at Excel>Preferences>Calculation to make sure you have it set for Automatic (rather than Manual) recalculation. All the formulas should update once you do.

-- HTH :>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac wrote in message news.370@q2g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com. >i try to drag a formula in a cell 'Q2' that has the following formula > (=P2-P1).

When i drag this formula down, it gives me the same values > across all cells. The values in Q2 are correct, but Q3-beyond are not. > the only way i know to give me the correct values is go to the formula > bar, and execute the formula one-at-a-time. > > any ideas?. Posted:, 04:14 PM Bob, It is set to Automatic - not automatic except tables. Any other ideas?

CyberTaz wrote: > Hi Donny - > > Take a look at Excel>Preferences>Calculation to make sure you have it set > for Automatic (rather than Manual) recalculation. All the formulas should > update once you do. > > -- > HTH :>) > Bob Jones > [MVP] Office:Mac > > wrote in message > news.370@q2g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com. > >i try to drag a formula in a cell 'Q2' that has the following formula > > (=P2-P1).

When i drag this formula down, it gives me the same values > > across all cells. The values in Q2 are correct, but Q3-beyond are not.

> > the only way i know to give me the correct values is go to the formula > > bar, and execute the formula one-at-a-time. > > > > any ideas?

Posted:, 05:47 PM As long as you don't have any code or add-ins that might be preventing the update, I don't know of anything else internal to XL that might be at fault. Try setting it to Manual, make a minor change to the file, then Quit XL & save the changes. When you relaunch XL, change the setting back to Automatic, reopen the file & se if that makes a difference. I'm thinking it's a Preferences glitch & perhaps that will 'un-stick' it.

If not you may need to delete the Preferences & let XL generate a new one. Others may have some additional suggestions.

-- Regards :>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac wrote in message news.30@v45g2000cwv.googlegro ups.com. > Bob, > > It is set to Automatic - not automatic except tables. > > any other ideas? > > CyberTaz wrote: >> Hi Donny - >> >> Take a look at Excel>Preferences>Calculation to make sure you have it set >> for Automatic (rather than Manual) recalculation. All the formulas should >> update once you do. >> >> -- >> HTH :>) >> Bob Jones >> [MVP] Office:Mac >> >> wrote in message >> news.370@q2g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com.

>> >i try to drag a formula in a cell 'Q2' that has the following formula >> > (=P2-P1). When i drag this formula down, it gives me the same values >> > across all cells. The values in Q2 are correct, but Q3-beyond are not. >> > the only way i know to give me the correct values is go to the formula >> > bar, and execute the formula one-at-a-time. >> > >> > any ideas?

Excel for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2019 for Mac Excel 2016 for Mac When you copy formulas to another location, you can choose formula-specific paste options in the destination cells. Here’s how you copy and paste a formula: • Select the cell with the formula you want to copy. • Click the cell where you want to paste the formula. If that cell is on another worksheet, go to that worksheet and click the cell you want. • To quickly paste the formula with its formatting, press + V. Or, you can click the arrow next to the Paste button: • Clicking the arrow gives you a list of options.

Here are the most commonly used ones: • Formulas — to paste just the formula and not the formatting of the original cell. • Formulas & Number Formatting — to paste just the formula, and the number formatting (for example: percent format, currency format, and so on). • Keep Source Formatting — to paste the formula, the number formatting, font, font size, border, and shading of the original cell. • Paste Values — to exclude the formula and paste just the result. Other options available to you that might be useful: • No Borders — to paste the formula, the number formatting, font, font size, shading--but not the border of the original. • Keep Source Column Widths — to paste the formula, the number formatting, font, font size, shading, border, and the width of the original. How to get all games on steam for free mac 2016. • Transpose — Use this option when copying more than one cell.