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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Neo
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Default #ARG! - urgent

Hi All!

I have a sheet in MS Excel 97.

When I sum the columns, for some of them I get
invalid value #ARG!.
The sums for the other columns are OK.
I can't see any differences between those which
sum up properly and those which give the #ARG!
as a sum.

Please help me. It is a matter of urgency.

Regards
Neo
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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Stephen Bye
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"Neo" wrote in message
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Hi All!

I have a sheet in MS Excel 97.

When I sum the columns, for some of them I get
invalid value #ARG!.


I can't answer the question right now, but for those interested, #ARG! is
the Polish version of #VALUE!.


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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Neo
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I have a sheet in MS Excel 97.

When I sum the columns, for some of them I get
invalid value #ARG!.


I can't answer the question right now, but for those interested, #ARG! is
the Polish version of #VALUE!.

I use the Polish version and it gives me #ARG!.

Neo
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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Dave Peterson
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Default #ARG! - urgent

Look for cells that contain that same error.

Or if you're adding cells:
=a1+a2+a3+...

Look for some non-numeric data in any of those cells.

Neo wrote:

I have a sheet in MS Excel 97.

When I sum the columns, for some of them I get
invalid value #ARG!.


I can't answer the question right now, but for those interested, #ARG! is
the Polish version of #VALUE!.

I use the Polish version and it gives me #ARG!.

Neo


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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Neo
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Default #ARG! - urgent

The columns with proper and with invalid sums
were created in the same way, as a copy of
combination of other columns (with proper sums)
using formulas.

Look for cells that contain that same error.

Or if you're adding cells:
=a1+a2+a3+...

Look for some non-numeric data in any of those cells.

I have a sheet in MS Excel 97.

When I sum the columns, for some of them I get
invalid value #ARG!.


Neo
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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Neo
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Default #ARG! - urgent

Thanks for your answers.

I've just found the reason. Some of the cells
contained character "-" instead of "0".

Regards
Neo
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Old October 26th, 2006, 11:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Dave Peterson
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Default #ARG! - urgent

Instead of typing the hyphen in a cell that should be 0, you may want to use the
Accounting format. It shows zeros as hyphens.

This won't help your subtotal/sum problem, though. You'll still need the data
to be 0's.

Neo wrote:

Thanks for your answers.

I've just found the reason. Some of the cells
contained character "-" instead of "0".

Regards
Neo


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