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Thread poster: Lamine Boukabour
Lamine Boukabour
Lamine Boukabour  Identity Verified
Algeria
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Member (2022)
English to Arabic
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
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Portugal
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Danish to English
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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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Netherlands
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English to Afrikaans
+ ...
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
United Kingdom
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German to English
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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
Algeria
Local time: 04:59
Member (2022)
English to Arabic
TOPIC STARTER
Thank you all Dec 7, 2022

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


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