How do I eliminate the green triangle throughout my spreadsheet?

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Guest

When I get my data into an Excel format from another program, a green
triangle in the upper left corner of most cells appears. The green triangles
seem to prohibit me from using the numbers in some of the calcuations I do.
I know there is a simply process of eliminating the green triangles without
having to do this column by column using the "Text to Columns" feature and I
would like to know this simple process.
 
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Gord Dibben

Patrick

Format all to General.

The copy an empty cell.

Select all and Edit>Paste Special>Add>OK>Esc.

Should get rid of the green triangles.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:57:01 -0700, Patrick Traynor <Patrick
 
G

Guest

Hi Patrick,

Go to Tools - Options - Error Checking - Settings. If "Enable background
error checking" is checked, uncheck it.

Regards,

Jaleel
 

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