Press F2 to edit the cell. Press F9, and then press ENTER. After you convert the cell from a formula to a value, the value appears as 1932.322 in the formula bar. Note that 1932.322 is …

If you want to replace only part of a formula, you can replace only the part that you don't want to recalculate. You can convert formulas to their values on a cell-by-cell basis or convert a whole …

In Excel, select File, then Options. Select Formulas, then under Error Checking, select the Enable background error checking check box. Insert a new column next to the cells with text. In this …

#VALUE is Excel's way of saying, "There's something wrong with the way your formula is typed. Or, there's something wrong with the cells you are referencing." The error is very general, and …

To change the type of cell reference: Select the cell that contains the formula. In the formula bar , select the reference that you want to change. Press F4 to switch between the reference types. …

You may have a personal preference to display zero values in a cell, or you may be using a spreadsheet that adheres to a set of format standards that requires you to hide zero values.

If you want to display numbers as monetary values, you must format those numbers as currency. To do this, you apply either the Currency or Accounting number format to the cells that you …

Learn how to use the percentage formula in Excel to find the percentage of a total and the percentage of change between two numbers. Try it now!

This is where the TEXT function is invaluable, because it allows you to force Excel to format the values the way you want by using a format code, like "MM/DD/YY" for date format.

This topic provides help for the most common scenarios for the #VALUE! error in the IF function.