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HuubEssenberg
Copper Contributor
Feb 10, 2025

Merge text with "&" results in strikethrough

As of today I noticed the Excel Function: ="text "&A2, where A2="Nr" returns in a strikethrough text.


In the Tab Font the strikethrough button isn't checked. What's wrong?

 

  • HuubEssenberg's avatar
    HuubEssenberg
    Copper Contributor

    Solution found! Something to do with cache memory, temporarily files etc.
    Always close Excel and reboot the system, if you system acts funny.
    Thanks all for your input! 

  • Riny_van_Eekelen's avatar
    Riny_van_Eekelen
    Platinum Contributor

    You probably set the sheet to manual calculation mode with 'stale value formatting' enabled. That results in the strike-through effect as soon as you enter something in the sheet.

     

  • Harun24HR's avatar
    Harun24HR
    Bronze Contributor

    Formula can't return formatted text like color, bold, italic, strikethrough. So the resultant cell is formatted from cell format option. So, clear all formats from the resultant cell.

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