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Hi there,
In Excel column A, I've selected all the cells, then using Cntrl G, special, blanks, enter =Cell (A868) and then hit Cntrl+Enter and it is returning =A868 in all the blank cells.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you,
Jeanette
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Answer accepted by question author
It could be your cell format is text. Formula will not work when cell format is text.
After Ctrl G, special, blanks >Right click and change the cell format to general.
Then input =A868 and Ctrl+enter. It will work.
You are welcome:)
Thank you so much!
This will save me so much time.
Jeanette