Excel Formula bar displaying different (annoying) font than the cell

Question

the font in the formula bar has suddenly changed to an odd font that is different that what was the normal default font before.  When i click on formula bar, the font changes back into the correct font...is a way to change this?

Answer 1

For something this weird, I fall back to the "standard" Office trouble shooting process.

#1 Restart the Application

#2 Start the application in safe mode

#3 Start Windows in Safe mode

This document goes into the process in detail

Standard Office Trouble Shooting Process.docx: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Am8lVyUzjKfpnxSBLkc46cYGmjYt

Wiki:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_other-mso_winother-msoversion_other/standard-office-trouble-shooting-process/fb095dd1-6333-4783-bcca-61118097a408?tm=1557175525290

Answer 2

Hi Mitchspear,

Please try changing the font, then save the settings, re-start Excel and then change the font again back to normal, check if this fixes the issue. For this, in Excel, clickFile > Options, theExcel Options dialog box opens, then click General from the left pane, if you see the correct font, then select some other font from the default font drop down list, see screenshot:

Then clickOK button to close this dialog, and a prompt box is popped out to remind you to restart the Excel file for taking changes effect. Once you re-start Excel, type in a cell and check if the font type changes or not, now follow the same process to change the font back to the one you wanted. After re-starting Excel, see if it is fine now. If it still didn’t change, then re-start your computer.

If the issue persists, please provide us with the following information:

1. Please provide the screenshot of Office 365 Product Information. To get this screenshot, open any Office app such as Excel or Word on your computer, click File>Account, capture the screenshot of all the information mentioned under Product Information.
2. Since when did you start getting the issue, is it after Office update?
3. Do you see the same behavior when you create a new Excel workbook?

Thanks,

Neha

Answer 3

Hi Mitchspear,

Did you check above replies? If you still need help, please update us when you have time.

Regards,

Neha

Answer 4

The above instructions fixed the problem...thank you all for your time and help...all is right in my excel world and i can work efficiently.

Thank you

Mitch

Answer 5

Mitch, which instructions solved your problem? 

In the reply that solved the problem, click on the "..." button next to "Reply" button and "Mark as Answer".

Thanks