How do I display a formula on the worksheet

[Guest]

Is there a way to display the formula on the worksheet insead of its value?

 

[Anne Troy]

Deb: Put a ' in front of the formula.
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Anne Troy
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[Roger Govier]

You could use the toggle CTRL+` (hold the control button down, whilst
pressing the key immediately below Esc)

Repeating the process toggles the display of formulas back off again.

Regards

Roger Govier

 

[Guest]

Another option... If you already have all of your formula's entered in the
spreadsheet, you can hit Ctrl+`, instead of going into each one and
preceeding it with a '

 

[Gord Dibben]

Debi

Show all formulas by hitting CTRL + `(backquote above Tab key)

OR to show just one or some use David McRitchie's GETFORMULA UDF

Function GetFormula(Cell)
GetFormula = Cell.Formula
End Function

Copy/paste the UDF to a general module in your workbook.

In a cell enter =GETFORMULA(cell) where cell is the cell with the formula.

If not familiar with VBA and macros, see David McRitchie's site for more on
"getting started".

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

In the meantime..........

To create a General Module, hit ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.

Hit CRTL + R to open Project Explorer.

Find your workbook/project and select it.

Right-click and Insert>Module. Paste the above code in there. Save the
workbook and hit ALT + Q to return to your workbook.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP