XL97: List of Errors That Formula AutoCorrect Detects

ID: Q161747

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SUMMARY

This article contains a list of common formula errors detected as part of the Formula AutoCorrect feature of Microsoft Excel 97 and the suggested correction for each error.

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 Error                             Example           Result
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 Unmatched parenthesis () in
   non-nested formulas             =A1+(A2+A3        =A1+(A2+A3)

 Unmatched curly braces {}         ={1,2,3}*{1,2,3   ={1,2,3}*{1,2,3}

 Unmatched quotation marks
  " " or ' '                       ="asdf            ="asdf"

 Reversed Cell References          =1A+1B            =A1+B1

 NOTE: R1C1 and absolute referencing with reversed cell references
 are not automatically fixed.

 Extra operators in the
   beginning of a formula          ==A1+B1           =A1+B1

 Extra trailing operators
   without operand                 =A1+B1+           =A1+B1

 Double operators                  =A1*/B1           =A1*B1

 Implied Multiplication            =A1+2(3/B2)       =A1+2*(3/B2)

 Replace x with *                  =2x3              =2*3

 Extra decimal points              123.456.789       =123.456789

 Commas as separator (or
   separator as determined by
   Regional settings in
   Windows Control Panel)          10,000.00         10000.00

 Operator Order                    =A1=>B1           =A1>=B1
                                   =A1=<B1           =A1<=B1
                                   =A1><B1           =A1<>B1

 Misplaced colon in range          A:1:B2            A1:B2

 Using semi-colon in range         A1;B2             A1:B2

 Extra spaces in cell addresses    =A 1+B2           =A1+B2

 Extra space between numbers       =1 + 2 + 3        =1+2+3

 Extra space between function
   name and parenthesis            =SUM (A1:B2)      =SUM(A1:B2)

REFERENCES

For more information about AutoCorrect in formulas, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text 

   formula autocorrect
and then double-click the selected text to go to the topic.

Additional query words: 97 XL97 8.00 auto-correct 

Keywords          : kbualink97 kbdta xlformula 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: November 4, 1998