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Initiator des Themas: Lamine Boukabour
Lamine Boukabour
Lamine Boukabour  Identity Verified
Algerien
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Mitglied (2022)
Englisch > Arabisch
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Dec 7, 2022

Hello,

In some excel cells, when I write: + Purchases, + Cash advances, or + Interest/Charges, some codes (something like "?NAME#") are shown instead of these writings. What steps do I follow to avoid this from happening?

Thanks!
 
Thomas T. Frost
Thomas T. Frost  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 09:08
Dänisch > Englisch
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Text format Dec 7, 2022

Excel thinks you are writing a formula when you begin with the + sign. Change the cell format to Text.

Lamine Boukabour
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Samuel Murray
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Niederlande
Local time: 10:08
Mitglied (2006)
Englisch > Afrikaans
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Apostrophe Dec 7, 2022

Lamine Boukabour wrote:
In some excel cells, when I write: + Purchases, + Cash advances, or + Interest/Charges, some codes (something like "?NAME#") are shown instead of these writings.

Try writing an apostrophe ' as the first character of the text.

Steve Robbie
Lamine Boukabour
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Steve Robbie
Steve Robbie
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 09:08
Mitglied (2017)
Deutsch > Englisch
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Alternatively Dec 7, 2022

Alternatively, enter an apostrophe before the + : '+Purchases

The cell will display +Purchases, but not the apostrophe.

Lamine Boukabour
 
Lamine Boukabour
Lamine Boukabour  Identity Verified
Algerien
Local time: 09:08
Mitglied (2022)
Englisch > Arabisch
+ ...
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Thank you all Dec 7, 2022

Steve Robbie, Thomas T. Frost, and Samuel Murray thank you for the valuable input!
 


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