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Chronic "formula becomes text" issue in Excel Tables feature, when a GENERAL formatted formula refers to at TEXT formatted column

The title is a mouthful, but to me, there seems to be a bug in Excel under the following circumstances, that I haven't seen much written about. (Lots about how to fix, but I haven't seen anything on the cause of it). Using an Excel Table specifically.…

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asked 2026-10-09T14:04:20.4+00:00
J M 40 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-09T18:24:38.5566667+00:00
J M 40 Reputation points
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problem to run excel marco with out ms office excel installation on wenserver

Hello, we are searching one solution for our business case: Server: window webserver Service: Webservice in IIS Function: we want to write one function to 1. open excel, 2. call excel marco, 3. save the result in the runtime. problem: we find few…

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asked 2026-10-09T07:43:11.12+00:00
Yu, Hai (CTDB1D) 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-09T08:57:02.6766667+00:00
Nam-D 4,170 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How fix to copy and paste in excel

I am unable to copy and paste in excel and would like to know how to fix this.

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asked 2026-10-05T15:24:16.9733333+00:00
Allen Banner 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-10-09T06:54:14.3266667+00:00
Anna Bergstrom 0 Reputation points
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How to filter out any client with specific products in their account

I have an Excel spreadsheet with a list of clients and products as well as account representatives assigned for each client. I need to identify all clients whose combination of products include specific products within that combination and identify…

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asked 2026-10-09T00:32:26.5766667+00:00
Lissette Roman 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-09T05:41:07.3333333+00:00
Andreas Killer 144.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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How to fix Input Form copy & paste fail in excel

I have an input form in an excel workbook and I used to be able to copy cells from the workbook into the form text boxes using the normal copy and paste functions - ctrl + v or right click paste but neither of those work any longer, I have to use…

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asked 2026-10-08T17:33:57.6633333+00:00
Carolyn Butler 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-08T19:31:51.93+00:00
Hendrix 2,070 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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COUNTIF formula does not work

this formula has worked before and now it does not. Is there something wrong with syntax? =COUNTIF('All eLearnings'!C:C,A2)

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asked 2026-10-08T15:27:24.0133333+00:00
Elliott, Shelly (VDSS) 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-08T16:34:33.3233333+00:00
Chris-D 1,940 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

XLOOKUP help

I have a master data tab called “Master FOF” and then one tab for each month of the year. I would like the data from Master FOF to be pulled into the month tabs by matching the names in column A on both tabs (the names match) and the fiscal year month…

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asked 2026-10-07T21:06:59.61+00:00
Megan F 100 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-08T14:33:58.64+00:00
Megan F 100 Reputation points
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FREEZING SCREEN PROBLEM IN MICROSOFT EXCEL 2024 LSTC 17392.21000

Sometimes, when working in Excel 2024 LSTC , switching between sheets causes the colors and headers to disappear or no longer display correctly. Using the Filter tool can also make all open Excel files become unresponsive, leaving only the options to…

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asked 2026-10-05T07:21:16.5366667+00:00
Mohsen Safari 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-08T11:04:38.07+00:00
Michelle Nguyen 1,940 Reputation points Independent Advisor
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

totals for specific dates formula

Hello! I have been trying to figure out a way to pull specific dates for the month into a totals column but have not been able to figure out a formula that works. I keep getting a #value error. I've tried sumproducts, filter, etc. I want to add the…

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asked 2026-10-01T14:14:24.41+00:00
Megan F 100 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-08T00:41:08.5966667+00:00
Dana D 100 Reputation points
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STOP READ ONLY ON ALL EXCEL FILES

SOME EXCEL FILES CHANGED TO READ ONLY. HOW CAN I MAKE THOSE FILES NOT READ ONLY AND HOW I DO I PREVENT FILES BEING CONVERTED TO READ ONLY

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asked 2026-10-06T19:21:54.78+00:00
Alan Phillips 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-07T19:39:57.7966667+00:00
Ryan-N 16,125 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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excel saying i cant access file i created

trying to access a file i just created and excel saying i dont have access

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asked 2026-10-07T18:37:30.3533333+00:00
SVDP FoodPantry 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-07T18:46:37.8166667+00:00
Lin v 1,550 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Excel will not run

I launched Excel, but after the small "Starting" window appeared, it did not run normally. I am using Windows 11, MS 365 (Business license). The same symptoms occurred even when running in standard mode after disabling and deleting add-ons via…

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asked 2026-08-14T06:37:44.3233333+00:00
Carter Lena 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-07T13:32:31.9933333+00:00
sid risner 0 Reputation points
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COPY/PASTE not working on Excel 2016

Hi, Just informing you there's some bugs disabling copy/paste on Excel STD 2016 since last Office updates from today 09/09/26. It worked fine yesterday on all computers. Hoping some fix coming soon for Excel 2016 users. Have a nice day.

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asked 2026-09-09T11:34:18.2266667+00:00
Vincent CAZENAVE 25 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-10-07T12:28:47.91+00:00
Choudhary Umar 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Excel Version 2508 Broke Pivot Table Filtering Functionality

Users are getting the following error when trying to filter on a pivot table after update, but was working fine before: "This PivotTable report is invalid. Try Refreshing the data (On the Analyze tab, click Refresh).". Is there a fix for this…

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asked 2025-09-02T21:25:59.2633333+00:00
Travis Mills 35 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-07T09:34:02.8133333+00:00
Gowthaman Vetrivel 0 Reputation points
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Excel closed on its own and my progress wasn't autorecovered

I turned away to talk to a coworker with several excel sheets open and my unsaved sheet I'd been working on for hours closed. Specific complaints: Excel randomly closed Can't access auto-recover sheets from Excel home, have to open a random sheet to…

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asked 2026-10-05T15:34:21.72+00:00
Dan Gilmour 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-06T22:57:01.0333333+00:00
Jay1 Tran 1,620 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

editing text in text box in web browser, not in desktop version

I cannot update/edit a textbox on a web browser version?  i tried to add a few morecharacters and i got the message to use the desktop version. 

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asked 2026-10-06T06:55:46.7166667+00:00
Yoshimi Amos 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-06T17:29:28.56+00:00
Yoshimi Amos 20 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Add addtional formulation in FILTER formula

I filter the data by this formula =FILTER('[Fatigue Assesment_as per 17949_Welded Joints.xlsm]S1'!$E$1466:$F$2065, (BYROW('[Fatigue Assesment_as per 17949_Welded Joints.xlsm]S1'!$E$1466:$E$2065, LAMBDA(r, SUM(r)>0))),"N") I want to delete…

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asked 2026-09-09T12:10:07.17+00:00
Chaturvedi, Santosh 610 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-06T08:07:16.0833333+00:00
Daniel-Vo 6,710 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Macro modify

I want to change this macro so that the liste generted in Data File -- Cell F5 to end sall align in left Sub CopyAndListSheets() Dim wsData As Worksheet Dim wsTemplate As Worksheet Dim wsNew As Worksheet Dim copyAfter As Worksheet Dim cell As…

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asked 2026-10-05T14:18:24.9233333+00:00
Chaturvedi, Santosh 610 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-06T07:25:01.7366667+00:00
Chaturvedi, Santosh 610 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Modify macro so that ithe liste contents shall reformated to its left side

Can u modify the below macro so that the final liste in F20 shall be placed at right side of the table.. Sub CopyAndRenameSheets() Dim wsDash As Worksheet Dim wsTemplate As Worksheet Dim wsNew As Worksheet Dim wsInsertAfter As Worksheet Dim lastRow…

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asked 2026-10-05T11:01:44.9033333+00:00
Chaturvedi, Santosh 610 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-05T13:25:45.46+00:00
Chaturvedi, Santosh 610 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MAcro to calculate : (F6=(C6+E6)/2

I have req. I have one front sheet name "DB Collectives". This sheet have liste of hyperlinked sheet written from cell C4 to its end. The macro shall go to each sheets name mentioned in "DB Collectives" in step 1 Then, It should…

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asked 2026-10-05T08:42:04.4466667+00:00
Chaturvedi, Santosh 610 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-05T09:19:42.58+00:00
Chaturvedi, Santosh 610 Reputation points