A Microsoft Usability Bug

in Excel, sometimes the function does not show the calculation result, instead it shows the formula itself. To correct it, one would need to go to Format Cells, change from Text datatype to numerical datatype, such as General.

Technically it is not a bug. In terms of usability, it is. This is because when you change from numerical datatype to text, the calculation still work, until you touched cell, the formula showed up. After that, you won't be able to figure out what went wrong.


http://www.excelforum.com/excel-general/562740-formula-does-not-calculate.html

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