If you want it to display the value correctly you can raise it to the
third power, then by the one third power.

i.e. =((850*77.1)^3)^(1/3)

and it will display 65535.

you could also use this as just a value check on an existing output
cell.

i.e. =((A1)^3)^(1/3)

that way you could reference it only when you think there is a
problem, and you won't have as much clutter in one cell.

I don't know why it works, nor do I understand half of what many of
you are talking about, but I do know this works in Excel 2007 and
because it's using an odd power it retains +/-.

On Oct 1, 9:30 am, dna.spli...@gmail.com wrote:
> If you want it to display the value correctly you can raise it to the
> third power, then by the one third power.
>
> i.e. =((850*77.1)^3)^(1/3)
>
> and it will display 65535.
>
> you could also use this as just a value check on an existing output
> cell.
>
> i.e. =((A1)^3)^(1/3)
>
> that way you could reference it only when you think there is a
> problem, and you won't have as much clutter in one cell.
>
> I don't know why it works, nor do I understand half of what many of
> you are talking about, but I do know this works in Excel 2007 and
> because it's using an odd power it retains +/-.

This is in reference to the calculation error 850*77.1=100000

more simply with

=850*77.1+2-2

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HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Oct 1, 9:30 am, dna.spli...@gmail.com wrote:
>> If you want it to display the value correctly you can raise it to the
>> third power, then by the one third power.
>>
>> i.e. =((850*77.1)^3)^(1/3)
>>
>> and it will display 65535.
>>
>> you could also use this as just a value check on an existing output
>> cell.
>>
>> i.e. =((A1)^3)^(1/3)
>>
>> that way you could reference it only when you think there is a
>> problem, and you won't have as much clutter in one cell.
>>
>> I don't know why it works, nor do I understand half of what many of
>> you are talking about, but I do know this works in Excel 2007 and
>> because it's using an odd power it retains +/-.
>
> This is in reference to the calculation error 850*77.1=100000
>

Read the article to see why
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...ue-update.aspx

--
HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you want it to display the value correctly you can raise it to the
> third power, then by the one third power.
>
> i.e. =((850*77.1)^3)^(1/3)
>
> and it will display 65535.
>
> you could also use this as just a value check on an existing output
> cell.
>
> i.e. =((A1)^3)^(1/3)
>
> that way you could reference it only when you think there is a
> problem, and you won't have as much clutter in one cell.
>
> I don't know why it works, nor do I understand half of what many of
> you are talking about, but I do know this works in Excel 2007 and
> because it's using an odd power it retains +/-.
>