Tip of the Week from the LPM Department—Excel—View All Formulas at Once

by Tali Thomason on September 11, 2014

Working with formulas in Excel can be frustrating. We’ve all had this happen—you look at a spreadsheet formula and notice that the math is not working. There are so many things that could be wrong. It could be you’ve indicated the wrong cells; maybe it is adding when it should be subtracting. The list is endless. To fix it you have to take a look at all the formulas to see what’s wrong.

You could click on each cell individually to look at the formula associated with that cell. That can take a long time, and still won’t give you the big picture. The easiest way is to look at all the formulas at once!

Here’s how:

  • Open the document. Press ~ (the tilde).
  • All the formulas will be displayed.
  • When you want to go back to the document, press ~ again.

Contact Reba Nance at reban@cobar.org if you have questions.

 

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