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Lamine Boukabour
Lamine Boukabour  Identity Verified
Algerije
Local time: 10:16
Lid 2022
Engels naar Arabisch
Dec 7, 2022

Hello,

In some excel cells, when I write: + Purchases, + Cash advances, or + Interest/Charges, some codes (something like "?NAME#") are shown instead of these writings. What steps do I follow to avoid this from happening?

Thanks!
 
Thomas T. Frost
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Portugal
Local time: 10:16
Deens naar Engels
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Text format Dec 7, 2022

Excel thinks you are writing a formula when you begin with the + sign. Change the cell format to Text.

Lamine Boukabour
Philip Lees
 
Samuel Murray
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Nederland
Local time: 11:16
Lid 2006
Engels naar Afrikaans
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Apostrophe Dec 7, 2022

Lamine Boukabour wrote:
In some excel cells, when I write: + Purchases, + Cash advances, or + Interest/Charges, some codes (something like "?NAME#") are shown instead of these writings.

Try writing an apostrophe ' as the first character of the text.

Steve Robbie
Lamine Boukabour
John Fossey
 
Steve Robbie
Steve Robbie
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 10:16
Lid 2017
Duits naar Engels
+ ...
Alternatively Dec 7, 2022

Alternatively, enter an apostrophe before the + : '+Purchases

The cell will display +Purchases, but not the apostrophe.

Lamine Boukabour
 
Lamine Boukabour
Lamine Boukabour  Identity Verified
Algerije
Local time: 10:16
Lid 2022
Engels naar Arabisch
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Thank you all Dec 7, 2022

Steve Robbie, Thomas T. Frost, and Samuel Murray thank you for the valuable input!
 


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