A cell appears "######". What's this?

Your dad sounds like a wise and generous person.

SteveW wrote:

You sound like my dad.
99.999999999% of the time it's option 1
The post said it contained 55,000
As a sensible refence reply its correct - but no one on here reads posts
before they throw a problem in

Steve

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 22:04:06 +0100, Dave Peterson
wrote:

It could mean a few things.

1. The columnwidth is too narrow to show the number.

Widen the column or change the font size of that cell. Or change the
numberformat to General.

2. You have a date/time in that cell and it's negative

Don't use negative dates. If excel was helping you, it may have
changed the format to a date. Change it back to General (or some
other number format).

If you need to see negative date/times:
Tools|options|Calculation Tab|and check 1904 date system
(but this can cause trouble--watch what happens to your dates
and watch what happens when you copy|paste dates to a different
workbook that doesn't use this setting)
3. You have a lot of text in the cell, the cell is formatted as Text.

Format the cell as general.

4. You really have ###'s in that cell.

Clean up that cell.

5. You have # in a cell, but it's format is set to Fill.

Change the format
(format|cells|alignment tab|horizontal box, change it to General.

marlen_athens wrote:

I write down a type, for example "55,000", which is by default a general
type. From the menu Format, Cells, Number , I try to make it as an
accounting type(in dollars), I press ok and then my type "55,000"
disappears
and appears a "#####" instead. What is this and how can I correct it?
Thank
you.


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But the detail in Dave's answer is the only time ##### has got such a
lengthy reply

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Bob Phillips wrote:

Not so. Dave wheels that reply out regularly g

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Bob Phillips

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"SteveW" wrote in message
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But the detail in Dave's answer is the only time ##### has got such a
lengthy reply

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I liked Dave's # 4
Never would have thought of that g
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Bob Phillips wrote:

Not so. Dave wheels that reply out regularly g

Hey, didn't you use that comment before?

Or are you just wheeling out your standard messages????

vbg

Max wrote:

I liked Dave's # 4
Never would have thought of that g
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Bob Phillips wrote:

Not so. Dave wheels that reply out regularly g

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I like Dave's #5. I have been trying to fill a cell all morning but couldn't remember how, even though I did it the other day. Glad that rereading Dave's post gave me the answer.

Dave, forgot to tell you that your post is a sample of the kind of excellence that I (a new user) am looking for in an answer. Look forward to more "VROM," "VROM," or whatever ...... g Kudos to Dave!

I have thanked the other experts separately under different circumstances. So, please don't feel left out.

Wonder if MS wants me to cut down my "thank you" posts to save storage? g I think appreciation is paramount.

Epinn

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message ...
Hey, didn't you use that comment before?

Or are you just wheeling out your standard messages????

vbg

Max wrote:

I liked Dave's # 4
Never would have thought of that g
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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Vroom, Vroom!

Bob Phillips wrote:

Not so. Dave wheels that reply out regularly g

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Glad you found some use to #5.

And thanks for the thanks.

Epinn wrote:

I like Dave's #5. I have been trying to fill a cell all morning but couldn't remember how, even though I did it the other day. Glad that rereading Dave's post gave me the answer.

Dave, forgot to tell you that your post is a sample of the kind of excellence that I (a new user) am looking for in an answer. Look forward to more "VROM," "VROM," or whatever ...... g Kudos to Dave!

I have thanked the other experts separately under different circumstances. So, please don't feel left out.

Wonder if MS wants me to cut down my "thank you" posts to save storage? g I think appreciation is paramount.

Epinn

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message ...
Hey, didn't you use that comment before?

Or are you just wheeling out your standard messages????

vbg

Max wrote:

I liked Dave's # 4
Never would have thought of that g
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xdemechanik
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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Vroom, Vroom!

Bob Phillips wrote:

Not so. Dave wheels that reply out regularly g

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