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@SUM not working
I learned Excel waaaay back. I have always typed in my formulas as @SUM and not =SUM. For some reason the @ version is not currently working. Did Microsoft phase this out? I can't find anything o...
I converted from Lotus 123 to Excel around 1998 and continued using the legacy @ symbol as the beginning to all formulas, despite knowing that Excel instructions say you should use the = sign. I just discovered that @ no longer works and this old dog will have to learn a new trick. ugh.... sounds like a simple fix, but probably like you, I type in formulas very quickly and without thinking and I fear this will be a real challenge (albeit a first world one 🙂 A quick google search indicates that Microsoft has adopted the @ sign to enable some "implicit intersection operator", so that's why they probably had to disable the legacy use of the symbol. I guess maybe we need to reread "Who Moved my Cheese"...
Read it. Can't do it, LOL. It's not just learning the new symbol, but it's an awkward reach. Ugh!