Excel no longer allows division

[SA]

I am using Excel 2002 and Windows XP Pro. Recently excel stopped
allowing me to enter formulas containing the "/" operator. So when I
enter +3/4 or =3/4 I get an error. If I enter 3 in A1 and 4 in B1,
then try to enter the =A1/B1 or +A1/B1 I get an error.

If I open an existing spreadsheet that contains division formulas,
they work fine, but if I try to enter a new formula in that
spreadsheet I get the error "The formula you are trying to enter
contains an error." for the new formula only. So obviously there is a
problem with excel's recognition of "/". By the way all other
operators "+", "-", "*", "^", etc, etc work just fine.

This problem occurs only in my user profile in Windows XP, I can
easily enter the same division formulas when I do so under another
user's account in widnows XP.

I tried "Detect and Error", removing and re-installing excel, removing
2002 and re-installing excel 2000, but I always have the same problem
in my user account.(which I never had before until recently)

Recently I was trying some demo programs of various accounting
software and I wonder if one of them changed my settings or left a
library behind that is causing this problem.

Any ideas?

Please reply to my email address: (e-mail address removed)

Thanks,

akbaris

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Look under tools autocorrect to see if there is anything there, if so delete
it

 

[SA]

AutoCorrect is disabled. So that is not the problem.

 

[Dave Peterson]

I could get an error if I changed my windows list separator to /.

I use windows98 and I changed it via:

Windows start button|Settings|Control Panel|Regional settings|Number Tab

At the bottom is the List separator.

Most people in the USA use a comma (,) as the separator. Other countries use a
semicolon (.

 

[SA]

Thanks Dave,

That did the trick. I can now divide.

Regards,
SA