Having trouble with one column formula

I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I am adding
figures in a columns. I've entered the same formula
(with the appropriate column letter) and it works fine
except for column M. The formula I am using is
=SUM(M3:M45). It adds the column correctly but the total
is followed by -Jan. I can't seem to get rid of the -Jan.
I can't figure out where it is coming from. The column
headings are months, but column M happens to be August
and as I have previously stated, this is the only column
that I am getting something other than just the correct
total.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Hi Deb!

It looks like a formatting problem.
Check the formatting for the cell in column M (Select the cell, then select
Cells from the Format menu) and change to the format you use in the working
cells.
You could also copy the formatting from a working cell, by select a working
cell and click on the Format Painter button, then click on the cell in
column M.


Stefan Hägglund
Microsoft



"Deb H" wrote in message
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I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I am adding
figures in a columns. I've entered the same formula
(with the appropriate column letter) and it works fine
except for column M. The formula I am using is
=SUM(M3:M45). It adds the column correctly but the total
is followed by -Jan. I can't seem to get rid of the -Jan.
I can't figure out where it is coming from. The column
headings are months, but column M happens to be August
and as I have previously stated, this is the only column
that I am getting something other than just the correct
total.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Deb

Check the formatting of the cell in which the formula resides.

Perhaps a custom setting of #,##0.00 "-Jan" or similar?

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 25 May 2004 20:38:33 -0700, "Deb H" wrote:

I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I am adding
figures in a columns. I've entered the same formula
(with the appropriate column letter) and it works fine
except for column M. The formula I am using is
=SUM(M3:M45). It adds the column correctly but the total
is followed by -Jan. I can't seem to get rid of the -Jan.
I can't figure out where it is coming from. The column
headings are months, but column M happens to be August
and as I have previously stated, this is the only column
that I am getting something other than just the correct
total.

Thanks for any help you can provide.