{"id":3485,"date":"2018-11-24T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2024-02-19T14:52:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:52:44","slug":"show-formulas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/formulas\/show-formulas\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Formulas in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a702e092-abca-4160-88d6-b95da9b07b30\" href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Show-Formulas.xlsx\">Show-Formulas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Show-Formulas.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a702e092-abca-4160-88d6-b95da9b07b30\">Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally, Excel displays the result of formula calculations. In this lesson, You will find a few ways how you can display formulas in Excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Formula Bar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to find out what formula is used in the selected cell, just click it and the formula will be displayed in the formula bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/formula-bar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/formula-bar.png 346w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/formula-bar-300x109.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A single apostrophe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you work with formulas, sometimes they can become long and complicated. In such a case, a good way to deal with this problem is to place a single apostrophe in front of a formula. It will be treated as text, so even the broken formula can be fixed later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/single-apostrophe-formula.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/single-apostrophe-formula.png 382w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/single-apostrophe-formula-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use a bit different ways to keep a formula as text. For example, instead of using an apostrophe, you can delete the equal sign (=).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Displaying formulas inside a worksheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a more complicated example, you may want to see how formulas relate to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example shows a bunch of numbers that are summed inside a column and row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/sum-numbers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/sum-numbers.png 335w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/sum-numbers-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s not evident just by looking at the example. You can display formulas by choosing <strong>Formulas >> Formula Auditing >> Show Formulas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/show-formulas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3486\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the following keyboard shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press <strong>CTRL + `<\/strong> (grave accent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/show-formulas-inside-worksheet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/show-formulas-inside-worksheet.png 586w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/show-formulas-inside-worksheet-300x92.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can set this option for multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/worksheets\/\">worksheet<\/a>s by going to <strong>File &gt;&gt; Options &gt;&gt; Advanced &gt;&gt; Display options for this worksheet &gt;&gt; Show formulas in cells instead of their calculated results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/show-formulas-in-cells.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/show-formulas-in-cells.png 572w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/show-formulas-in-cells-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, Excel displays the result of formula calculations. 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