[libreoffice-users] Re: [newbie/Calc] Why does SUM() not compute?

Johnny Rosenberg wrote
> If your cell was formatted as text, then whatever you type into that cell
> will be displayed as pure text. The funny thing is that changing the
> format doesn't help. You must first empty the cell, then format it as a
> number, then type your formula again. You can also first format the cell
> to a number format, then empty it and
> finally enter your formula again.

Makes sense. Thank you (and to someone off-band)!




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