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Ok that did it! Thanks a lot.<br />
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Any idea perhaps on the formatting of column Q? (my second question)
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Ok that did it! Thanks a lot.

Any idea perhaps on the formatting of column Q? (my second question)

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Excellent and straight to the point. Thanks for your speed. Best, Lyteck
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Excellent and straight to the point. Thanks for your speed. Best, Lyteck

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Hi, I've been developing this attached spreadsheet with the help of a few experts here. I've expanded upon it and am running into a couple of simple but puzzling problems.<br />
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Q1. How come Cell A1 and A2 are not computing??<br />
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A1 =COUNTA(A6:A23)<br />
A2 =SUM(E6:E31)<br />
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I must have entered a &quot;mode&quot; in Excel but don't know what it is. The cells literally display the above formulas instead of computing the values.<br />
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Q2. in Column P and Q I have conditional formatting. How come only column P is highlighted? P and Q should both be highlighted as the range applies to both columns.<br />
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Thanks and best regards, Lyteck<br />
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test spreadsheet that illustrates how to validate (format) fields that are dependent on other fields

Field-validation-test.xlsm

Hi, I've been developing this attached spreadsheet with the help of a few experts here. I've expanded upon it and am running into a couple of simple but puzzling problems.

Q1. How come Cell A1 and A2 are not computing??

A1 =COUNTA(A6:A23)
A2 =SUM(E6:E31)

I must have entered a "mode" in Excel but don't know what it is. The cells literally display the above formulas instead of computing the values.

Q2. in Column P and Q I have conditional formatting. How come only column P is highlighted? P and Q should both be highlighted as the range applies to both columns.

Thanks and best regards, Lyteck

Functions not working in xlsm (Excel 2010)

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