Aug 22, 2022 · Dear MS. Excel Team. I am wondering how to convert a text written as a formula into an "active" formula, i.e, if I have written something like this: A1 + A2 . How can it be converted into a working formula, i.e. something like: =A1+A2. Where "A1" and "A2" are the cells A1 and A2.

I need to get those values into a different spreadsheet in the same book so i did the = to bring that value still as text into the spreadsheet where i need to convert this into a formula.

Mar 20, 2024 · As per your description, t o convert text into a formula in Excel, you will need to use VBA. For a non-VBA solution, unfortunately, Excel doesn't have a built-in feature that allows you to directly convert text to a functioning formula in a cell. Using VBA: Function TextToFormula(cellRef As String) As Variant . TextToFormula = Evaluate(cellRef)

I am using Excel and trying to convert a formula answer into text value. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Apr 20, 2021 · Convert text to formula without Indirect I am building a large financial model that will use sheets that I want to duplicate when I need additional "pages" of data. There are about 500 columns of data so using Indirect is not possible as it is a volatile formula and it quickly makes the spreadsheet unstable.

May 11, 2012 · When I go into a cell to make a modification in a formula, Excel automatically changes the format to text and the formula no longer operates as a formula--I just see the text in the cell. I know how to fix that one instance: I change the format back to "General" and then to make it take effect, I have to delete the "=" at the beginning of the ...

Nov 11, 2015 · Hello. I have a data sheet in excel where I would like to convert the text in each cell to html format. Each cell contains "key features" of a single product (about 1200 items). Some of the cells list 4 features, other cells list 6 or 8, but definitely less than 10. For example, the cells currently looks like this: Features: Made out of copper

Jul 2, 2016 · You may use Substitute formula in excel. I copied your Notepad text in cell A1, then give this formula in A3 =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",CHAR(10))," ",CHAR(10)) Then I copied cell A3 in MS Word, it showed it in different lines. Then by copying with Ctrl A from Word and pasting it to Notepad gave me your desired solution.

Oct 3, 2014 · I have some formulas in my Excel spreadsheet that I would like formatted to percent. It looks like this: ="The percent of total is "&(a10/a11) It outputs like this: The percent of total is 0.875. How do I change it to look like this: The percent of total is 87.5%. Please advise.

Jan 19, 2013 · Surely when you save an Excel worksheet as a CSV file only values get put into the CSV, Have you tried opening the CSV with Notepad? I have just made a simple worksheet with numbers ans SUM formulas. Saved it a CSV; opened it in Excel and the formulas are just numbers now. QED. best wishes