Save incomplete formula

Copper Contributor

How do I save a cell with an incomplete formula to edit later?
Right now if I'm entering a long formula but it has a typo excel will terrorize me with error messages(including sound!) until the end of time or will delete the entire formula when I hit escape. No editor should delete things without user permission. Is there a way to turn off this annoying "feature"?
One work around I could think of was to at a single quote at the beginning of the cell to convert it to a string. But that is such a hassle.

3 Replies
A space before the equal sign can "freeze" the formula for you to edit later.

@John_Bloggs655 

Do you want to communicate the formula you have so far? Maybe someone can complete the formula for you.

Remove the equal sign (=) will help too