Excel cell error

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I have a row of cells containing numbers when filled in. Cells 2 and 3 are added together to produce a sum in the 4th cell, which works fine with no errors, but when I add a number to the 1st cell (not related to the sum) the 4th cell shows an error as it thinks it's part of the formula.

My question is, is there a way to trick the formula in not looking at the 1st cell to stop the error coming up through out the sheet? I can add a separate column between cells 1 and 2 and hide it but dont want to have to do this as it looks messy.

Can anyone help?
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