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Author Question: Anita is working on an Excel spreadsheet with the fraction 2/3 entered in Cell B6 and 1 4/5 entered ... (Read 89 times)

ss2343

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Anita is working on an Excel spreadsheet with the fraction 2/3 entered in Cell B6 and 1 4/5 entered in Cell B7. Using the pointing method, how would Anita enter the difference of 1 4/5 and 2/3 in Cell B8?

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Excel sometimes mistakes numbers entered as fractions as dates. How could this problem be prevented?


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juliaf

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Anita would do the following:
key =, then point to B7 and click with her mouse, key -, then point to B6 and click with her mouse, then press enter.

Answer to Question 2

Use the format cells dialog box to format the cells where fractions will be entered as fractions before entering any numbers.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

momolu

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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