MS Excel showing the formula in a cell instead of the resulting value

Question

The above image shows 3 cells containing the form

Answer 1

If all else fails, Ctrl-H (search and replace) with "=" in both boxes (in other words, search on = and replace it with the same =). Seems to do the trick.

Answer 2

Make sure that...

• There's an = sign before the formula
• There's no white space before the = sign
• There are no quotes around the formula (must be =A1, instead of "=A1")
• You're not in formula view (hit Ctrl + ` to switch between modes)
• The cell format is set to General instead of Text
• If simply changing the format doesn't work, hit F2, Enter
• Undoing actions (CTRL+Z) back until the value shows again and then simply redoing all those actions with CTRL-Y also worked for some users

Answer 3

Try this if the above solution aren't working, worked for me

Cut the whole contents in the worksheet using "Ctrl + A" followed by "Ctrl + X" and paste it to a new sheet. Your reference to formulas will remain intact when you cut paste.

Answer 4

If you are using VBA to enter formulas, it is possible to accidentally enter them incompletely:

Sub AlmostAFormula()
    With Range("A1")
        .Clear
        .NumberFormat = "@"
        .Value = "=B1+C1"
        .NumberFormat = "General"
    End With
End Sub

A1 will appear to have a formula, but it is only text until you double-click the cell and touch Enter .

Make sure you have no bugs like this in your code.

Answer 5

I had the same problem and solved with below:

Range("A").Formula = Trim(CStr("the formula"))

Answer 6

Check for spaces in your formula before the "=". example' =A1' instean '=A1'